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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. When did the Iranian Revolution begin?

2. When was Disneyland opened?

3. Where did Francois' grandfather die?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Nazireh learn English? Who translated for her in town?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Newport Beach, California, and the ethnic, racial and cultural stereotypes presented in the reading. Why did people think the Dumas family was Mexican?

Essay Topic 2

How religious was the Dumas family? What aspects of the Qur'an were overlooked in their household and why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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