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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 do Nima's mother and her best friend's mother laugh about in "Overheard"?
(a) A joke about being tired of having children.
(b) A joke about the American style of working.
(c) A joke about a flower.
(d) Their own cooking of American dishes.

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

3. Where does Nima keep some of her favorite photos?
(a) In a tin box.
(b) In a cardboard envelope.
(c) On her corkboard.
(d) On a shelf in her closet.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the word Nima often uses to mean "father"?

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

3. What does Nima's mother's name mean in her native language?

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

5. What does Nima's best friend have to do at school in Part I?

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