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

2. What is different about the social lives of Nima and her best friend?
(a) Nima likes to dance with her friends, and her best friend likes to play sports.
(b) Nima does not really have other friends, but her best friend does.
(c) Nima's best friend likes to sing with her other friends, and Nima likes to do play sports with hers.
(d) Nima has a lot of other friends, but her best friend does not.

3. What game do Nima and her best friend play from their apartment in Part I?
(a) Monopoly.
(b) They yell names out the window and see how many people look up.
(c) Chess.
(d) They make daisy chains.

4. What do Nima and her best friend often watch?
(a) New sit-coms.
(b) Cartoons.
(c) News.
(d) Old movies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nima's best friend come to seek refuge at her house in Part I?

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

3. What does Nima's best friend do in Part I that she thinks is daring?

4. What does Nima often think her mother feels?

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

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