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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 is an undesirable item referred to on the show "Let's Make a Deal"?

2. What was a sport Farshid was active in during his youth?

3. What had Francois' grandmother owned as a baby in the Congo?

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

5. When did Iran approve a theocratic constitution?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Firoozeh's attempts to learn to swim and those who attempted to teach her. Why was Firoozeh able to swim alone years later?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Firoozeh's cultural background and her experiences while at the camp. How did she feel upon leaving camp? What did she tell her father?

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