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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Aunt Parvine's profession?

2. Where did Aunt Parvine live?

3. What had Nazireh wanted to be educated in?

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

5. What did Firoozeh discover all of the other campers had done when she arrived at the bus station in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Kazem buy Firoozeh before her trip to camp in Chapter 8? How is it described?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the setting of Firoozeh's summer camp and the surrounding areas. How different was this region from Whittier or Newport Beach?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Uncle Nematollah and explore the weight loss industry in the American '70s. How safe and/or effective were the weight loss pills, diet shakes, etc.?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the settings of Abadan, Iran and Whittier, California. In what year did the Dumas family move? What global and national events were happening at this time?

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