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

2. When she first met with her teacher at Leffingwell Elementary School, Firoozeh showed the only English she knew by reciting what?

3. How many Iranian colleagues and their families did Kazem invite to meet his family at Disneyland in Chapter 4?

4. Who dug up Francois' grandfather?

5. What was Firoozeh opposed to doing while at camp in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Firoozeh's teacher showed the class a map in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the differences between Iran and America from the perspective of Firoozeh at age seven. What American novelties might you have been amazed by at that age in a new country?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California. When was it established? What was Disneyland like in the early 1970s as opposed to today?

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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