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

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

3. What song does Nima sing once that upsets her best friend's mother?
(a) A song about a pearl necklace.
(b) A song about breaking up.
(c) A song about a comb.
(d) A song about the sea.

4. What does Nima's mother make for her and her best friend in Part I?
(a) Curry.
(b) Pancakes.
(c) Cheese sandwiches.
(d) Tea boiled in milk.

5. What happens at the airport in "The Airport"?
(a) The plane skids off the runway.
(b) The gate agent prevents Nima and Aisha from boarding because they are Muslims.
(c) Nima gets sick.
(d) Aisha gets sick.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nima make for herself for lunch in "School"?

3. What is all Nima's mother will tell her about her grandmother?

4. What game do Nima and her best friend play from their apartment in Part I?

5. What does Nima see in "The Photograph"?

(see the answer key)

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