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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. Where did Kazem take his family a few weeks after Disneyland in Chapter 4?

2. What did Kazem purchase for Firoozeh before she went to camp in Chapter 8?

3. Who was the leader of the Iranian Revolution?

4. Who considered himself the family swim instructor but was unable to teach Firoozeh to swim?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What had Nazirah wanted to study? Why didn't she?

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

6. Where did Firoozeh become lost in Chapter 4? What did her father do once he found her?

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

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

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

10. Where did Francois want to honeymoon? What was Firoozeh's reaction?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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

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