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Firoozeh Dumas
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Firoozeh Dumas
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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. What does Shah translate to?
(a) King of men.
(b) King of holiness.
(c) King of kings.
(d) King of the universe.

2. Who wrote the book Treasure Island?
(a) Henrik Ibsen.
(b) Lewis Carroll.
(c) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(d) Jules Verne.

3. How did Firoozeh feel about school in America after her family moved from Iran?
(a) She was moved by it.
(b) She dreaded it.
(c) She loved it.
(d) She hated it.

4. What is the name of the New Year in Iranian calendars and the corresponding traditional celebrations?
(a) Nuzrow.
(b) Wruzon.
(c) Nowruz.
(d) Wrozun.

5. At what age did Firoozeh contact a plastic surgeon about her nose?
(a) 19.
(b) 18.
(c) 21.
(d) 22.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, in Iran, what on a girl cannot be overcome even by intelligence, wit, or charm?

2. Where did Kazem and Nazireh always take advantage of the free birthday dinner?

3. The first prize in the competition Firoozeh entered in which the participants had to prepare a speech in French was spending 2 months at what school in France?

4. Who would pay for the travel expenses for those who attended the celebration when President Carter hosted the Shah of Iran?

5. What did Firoozeh come to believe the China was in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Sedigeh related to Firoozeh?

2. How did Firoozeh feel about the Christmas season growing up?

3. What large-nosed individual did Firoozeh remember from school in Chapter 24? Where did she see her again?

4. How did Firoozeh feel about school when she moved to America? When was the most difficult time for her?

5. Why did Kazem ask for early retirement in Chapter 19?

6. How had Iran been taken advantage of by BP Oil?

7. For how long did the Dumas family watch the Iran hostage crisis on television? How did it impact them?

8. What kind of ceremonies did Firoozeh and Francois have at their wedding?

9. How did Firoozeh's parents feel about her fiance? How did his?

10. Why was education of paramount importance to Kazem?

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