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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 42, "The Photograph" - "Baba").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Nima's best friend's grandmother?
(a) Mama Fatheya.
(b) Grandma Loti.
(c) Grandma Fatima.
(d) Mama Ayesha.

2. What does Nima's best friend have to do at school in Part I?
(a) Sing in the talent show.
(b) He is suspended.
(c) She is made to plant a garden.
(d) Repeat a year.

3. Who is Nima's best friend?
(a) Hala.
(b) Aisha.
(c) Fatima.
(d) Haitham.

4. Who asks Nima and her best friend what they do all day?
(a) Mama Fatheya.
(b) Their fathers.
(c) Their teachers.
(d) Their other friends.

5. What does Nima's own name mean?
(a) Courage.
(b) Finality.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Grace.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nima imagine the girl she might have been with a different name?

2. What do Nima's mother and her best friend's mother laugh about in "Overheard"?

3. What was Nima's best friend's mother's hair like when she first arrived in America?

4. What does Nima fantasize would have become of her father if he had lived?

5. What does Nima's best friend sometimes refer to her as?

(see the answer key)

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