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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. Where did Aunt Parvine live?
(a) Holland.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Switzerland.

2. Who was the leader of the Iranian Revolution?
(a) Ayatollah Pahlavi.
(b) Ayatollah Rafsanjani.
(c) Ayatollah Khomeini.
(d) Ayatollah Beheshti.

3. In Chapter 7, Firoozeh was asked to speak to her friend's class of what grade about her homeland?
(a) 7th.
(b) 8th.
(c) 9th.
(d) 6th.

4. Where did Firoozeh end up at Disneyland in Chapter 4?
(a) Lost and Found.
(b) The Indiana Jones Adventure Ride.
(c) The main gate.
(d) Space Mountain.

5. Who dug up Francois' grandfather?
(a) Parvine.
(b) Octavie.
(c) Nazireh.
(d) Sedigeh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Firoozeh's brothers who ridiculed her for renaming herself an American name later became known as Fred and what?

2. What is the name of the camp Firoozeh went to in Chapter 8?

3. According to Muslim laws, Francois' grandfather was buried how?

4. When was Disneyland opened?

5. When did the Iranian Revolution begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What fast food restaurants did Nematollah and Kazem visit during Nematollah's stay? What was their consensus?

3. What did the Dumas family hold as a pinnacle in terms of tourist attractions? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What pet had Francois' grandmother owned in the Congo? What happened to it?

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

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