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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. Once when she was called in for a doctor's apartment, the nurse called Firoozeh what?

2. What is the name of Firoozeh's mother?

3. What is the capital of Iran?

4. What university did Firoozeh attend?

5. What was the U.S. Embassy labeled by the Iranian students who held it hostage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What were the other girls like at Firoozeh's camp? Who did Firoozeh like the most?

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

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

8. What examples does the narrator give for Americans misconstruing her and her family's names?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the history of Iranian Oil and how it has affected international relations for the past seventy years. What is the US's relationship with Iran today?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the element of Kazem's thriftiness in the narrative. How does Firoozeh use humor to depict her father as a penny-pincher?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss racial and cultural stereotypes, discrimination and the "Americanizing" of names. What name did Firoozeh choose to add as a middle name? Why?

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