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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 131 - 174, "Room" - "Alone").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ahmed's friend ask him to do in Part IV?
(a) Quit his job.
(b) Come with him to another country.
(c) Get him a gun.
(d) Steal something for him.

2. Why do boys in Nima's school harass her in Part II?
(a) She has just stood up for someone else.
(b) She is Muslim and 9/11 just happened.
(c) She is smarter than everyone else and they are jealous.
(d) She has a lot of money and they are jealous.

3. What do Yasmeen and Nima use to try to get to shore?
(a) A raft.
(b) A tire.
(c) A floating piece of wood.
(d) A boat.

4. What does Aisha say when Nima asks why she still wears her headscarf?
(a) She needs to wear it to fulfill her promise to Nima's father.
(b) She may stop wearing it soon.
(c) She is not ashamed of where she is from.
(d) She does not really have a reason for wearing it.

5. What is Haitham's father's name?
(a) Ashraf.
(b) Ahmed.
(c) Bartol.
(d) Sayed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yasmeen really admire Nima doing in "The Lesson"?

2. Where does the stranger take Nima that she knows is very bad?

3. What does Yasmeen tell Nima in Part IV that shocks Nima?

4. What does Nima remember wistfully Haitham doing for her years earlier?

5. Where do Nima's parents live in Part III?

(see the answer key)

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