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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 43 - 81, "Haitham" - "The Bus").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Nima often get together with after school?
(a) Yasmeen.
(b) Henry.
(c) Fatima.
(d) Haitham.

2. What is all Nima's mother will tell her about her grandmother?
(a) She loved guitar.
(b) She loved flowers.
(c) She loved singing.
(d) She loved cooking.

3. What does Nima tell Haitham is the only reason they are friends when she fights with him in Part II?
(a) She feels sorry for him.
(b) They live in the same building.
(c) Their mothers are friends.
(d) He feels sorry for her.

4. What does Nima know her mother once considered naming her?
(a) Hala.
(b) Yasmeen.
(c) Grace.
(d) Hope.

5. What does Nima tell her mother after her fight at school that she knows is a cruel thing to say?
(a) She wishes they had moved to Mexico instead.
(b) She wishes her grandmother was still alive.
(c) She wishes her father was there to protect her instead of Aisha.
(d) She wishes she had never been born.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama Fatheya tell Nima had been a rumor around Nima's birth?

2. How do Nima and her mother travel to the hospital in Part II?

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

4. What does Nima's mother wear on her head on her wedding day?

5. What does Haitham tell kids at school in an effort to defend Nima?

(see the answer key)

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