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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was asked to find the perfect summer camp for Firoozeh in Chapter 8?
(a) Uncle Nematollah.
(b) Aunt Parvine.
(c) Farshid.
(d) Farid.

2. What does Firoozeh claim Berkeley, California has been known as?
(a) The brain of California.
(b) The neck of California.
(c) The armpit of California.
(d) The left hand of California.

3. How old was Firoozeh when her family moved from Iran to California?
(a) 7.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

4. How old was Nazireh when she married?
(a) 22.
(b) 16.
(c) 19.
(d) 17.

5. Who considered himself the family swim instructor but was unable to teach Firoozeh to swim?
(a) Nematollah.
(b) Farshid.
(c) Kazem.
(d) Farid.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Iran approve a theocratic constitution?

2. When she first met with her teacher at Leffingwell Elementary School, Firoozeh showed the only English she knew by reciting what?

3. Where in Iran did Firoozeh 's family move from to California?

4. Who in Firoozeh's family could speak English when they first arrived in California?

5. Where in California did Firoozeh's family move on their first move from Iran?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe America's knowledge of her home country in her youth?

2. Describe the difficulty Firoozeh faced after changing her name. What did she change it to?

3. What were the Dumas family's trips to Las Vegas like? How did Firoozeh feel about them?

4. Who was asked to find a summer camp for Firoozeh in Chapter 8? What choice was made?

5. What differences were there between Newport Beach and Berkeley regarding Iranians in Chapter 7?

6. What examples does the narrator give for Americans misconstruing her and her family's names?

7. Where did the narrator move when she was seven? How did her family feel about the move?

8. What did the Dumas family discover about Kazem's English in Chapter 2?

9. Where did Kazem invite several Iranian colleagues in Chapter 4? What impression did he make?

10. How did Nazireh learn English? Who translated for her in town?

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