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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. When she first met with her teacher at Leffingwell Elementary School, Firoozeh showed the only English she knew by reciting what?
(a) Constelations.
(b) Numbers.
(c) Animals.
(d) Colors.

2. What is an undesirable item referred to on the show "Let's Make a Deal"?
(a) Zing.
(b) Zip.
(c) Zap.
(d) Zonk.

3. Who did Nazireh use principally as her interpreter at markets and shops?
(a) Sedigeh.
(b) Farid.
(c) Firoozeh.
(d) Farshid.

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

5. In Berkeley, Firoozeh met some very progressive students sided against who for their treatment of Iranians?
(a) The FBI.
(b) The NRA.
(c) The Republican Party.
(d) The CIA.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nematollah tried using a diet shake to lose weight, which was somewhat successful until he decided it tasted better with what?

2. What was Firoozeh opposed to doing while at camp in Chapter 8?

3. What food had Firoozeh taken to a class to speak about her homeland in Chapter 7?

4. How many times previously had Firoozeh's family been to Disneyland when Kazem invited Iranian colleagues to meet his family there in Chapter 14?

5. Who sat with Firoozeh for her first few days at Leffingwell Elementary School?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Firoozeh meet with before beginning school in the United States? What was the meeting like?

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

3. Who attempted to teach Firoozeh to swim after Kazem couldn't? What happened?

4. How did Firoozeh feel about being asked about her homeland growing up?

5. Describe Kazem's childhood. How close was his family?

6. When did the Dumas family move to Newport Beach? What perceptions did people there have of them?

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

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

9. What tourist attractions did the Dumas family take in during their first few years in the U.S.? What did they think?

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

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