View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nematollah tried using a diet shake to lose weight, which was somewhat successful until he decided it tasted better with what?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Bacon fat.
(c) Butter.
(d) Baskin-Robbins ice cream.

2. What was Firoozeh's cousin Farbod called by other kids?
(a) "Buttface."
(b) "Butthead."
(c) "Farthead."
(d) "Fartface."

3. Who sat with Firoozeh for her first few days at Leffingwell Elementary School?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

4. What did Firoozeh learn to make while at camp in Chapter 8?
(a) Fishing flies.
(b) Clay pots.
(c) Moccasins.
(d) Macrame key chains.

5. What is the name of Firoozeh's father?
(a) Nazireh.
(b) Nematollah.
(c) Farid.
(d) Kazem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What American middle name did Firoozeh add to her name in Newport Beach?

2. What was a sport Farshid was active in during his youth?

3. In Chapter 7, Firoozeh was asked to speak to her friend's class of what grade about her homeland?

4. Kazem considered himself the ________ of Iran since he was the first in the family to settle permanently in America.

5. After weeks of trying every form of American food available, Kazem and Nematollah concluded that the only American foods that were edible were canned chili, Chips Ahoy cookies and what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Firoozeh discover at the pick-up location before leaving for camp?

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

3. What story of his grandfather did Francois relate to Firoozeh in Chapter 10?

4. Why did Uncle Nematollah stay with the family? What was he fascinated with in America?

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

6. Why was Firoozeh embarrassed on her way home from school with her mother in Chapter 1?

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

8. Where did Firoozeh become lost in Chapter 4? What did her father do once he found her?

9. What happened when Firoozeh's teacher showed the class a map in Chapter 1?

10. What had Nazirah wanted to study? Why didn't she?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 889 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample