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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 language did Firoozeh's family principally speak?

2. To Kazem, Walt Disney was a genius who allowed everyone to do what?

3. Who in Firoozeh's family could speak English when they first arrived in California?

4. When Nazireh gained some ability with the English language, she often spoke in paragraphs without what?

5. What American middle name did Firoozeh add to her name in Newport Beach?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the Dumas family discover about Kazem's English in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why did Uncle Nematollah stay with the family? What was he fascinated with in America?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe American fast food, particularly that of the 1970s. What American foods were new in the 1970s? When was the microwave invented? Who in the narrative was obsessed with fast food?

Essay Topic 2

What is the symbolic meaning of Disneyland in the narrative? What did it represent for Kazem?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Kazem Dumas. How old was Firoozeh's father? Where was he educated? What were his driving passions?

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