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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 85 - 130, "Haitham - Yasmeen").

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the word Nima often uses to mean "father"?
(a) Dad.
(b) Baba.
(c) Father.
(d) Daddy.

3. Where does the stranger take Nima that she knows is very bad?
(a) Church.
(b) A skating rink.
(c) A hotel.
(d) An abandoned warehouse.

4. Why do boys in Nima's school harass her in Part II?
(a) She has just stood up for someone else.
(b) She has a lot of money and they are jealous.
(c) She is smarter than everyone else and they are jealous.
(d) She is Muslim and 9/11 just happened.

5. What does Nima ask Yasmeen about regarding Yasmeen's appearance?
(a) How her skin is so smooth.
(b) How she gets her hair to look that way.
(c) What color nail polish she uses.
(d) What color lipstick she uses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nima often think her mother feels?

2. What does Nima remember wistfully Haitham doing for her years earlier?

3. What does a woman at the airport say about Nima that she is offended by?

4. What is Nima's mother's name?

5. Who does Nima sometimes imagine she is?

(see the answer key)

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