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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 131 - 174, "Room" - "Alone").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nima's best friend do in Part I that she thinks is daring?
(a) Starts a fire.
(b) Sings in front of people.
(c) Steals a library book.
(d) Steals candy.

2. What does Nima make for herself for lunch in "School"?
(a) A peanut butter sandwich.
(b) Cake.
(c) Rice.
(d) A sandwich with American cheese.

3. What does Nima hear one girl say to her friend at school when they bump into Nima accidentally?
(a) She thinks Nima has a disability.
(b) She does not think Nima speaks English.
(c) She thinks Nima is a worker at the school.
(d) She thinks Nima can not read.

4. What does Nima's best friend have to do at school in Part I?
(a) Sing in the talent show.
(b) Repeat a year.
(c) He is suspended.
(d) She is made to plant a garden.

5. What will decide whether it is Nima or Yasmeen that goes on to live in the real world?
(a) What Hala decides to tell Aisha about herself.
(b) What country the child is born in.
(c) What name Ahmed chooses.
(d) What name Aisha chooses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yasmeen say she had always wished she had gotten in a name?

2. What does Nima tell her mother after her fight at school that she knows is a cruel thing to say?

3. How does Nima feel after swimming in Part III?

4. Who is Nima's best friend's mother?

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

(see the answer key)

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