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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. What did Nima like to wrap herself in when she was little?
(a) The bathroom rug.
(b) Her father's blanket
(c) Her mother's scarves.
(d) Cotton balls.

2. What does Aisha do when Nima tells her someone at school called Nima a terrorist?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Cries.
(c) Calls the student's mother.
(d) Calls the school.

3. Where is Nima the first time her body starts to feel like it is fading on her?
(a) The lake.
(b) The bathtub.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The river.

4. Who is in the hospital in the end of Part II?
(a) Khaltu Hala.
(b) Aisha.
(c) Haitham.
(d) Mama Fatheya.

5. What does Aisha say when Nima asks why she still wears her headscarf?
(a) She may stop wearing it soon.
(b) She does not really have a reason for wearing it.
(c) She is not ashamed of where she is from.
(d) She needs to wear it to fulfill her promise to Nima's father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is different about the social lives of Nima and her best friend?

3. What did Nima's mother once want to be?

4. What does Nima often do by herself after school?

5. What term of affection does Aisha sometimes use for Nima?

(see the answer key)

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