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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 Mama Fatheya say she thinks about the spirit she got rid of - Yasmeen?
(a) It seemed joyful.
(b) It seemed particularly nasty.
(c) It seemed harmless.
(d) It seemed hurt.

2. What does Aisha tell Nima about her father in Part III?
(a) He is not really dead.
(b) His spirit often visits her.
(c) He was a drug dealer.
(d) He died defending Aisha.

3. What does a woman at the airport say about Nima that she is offended by?
(a) Nima seems too pretty to be out alone.
(b) Nima seems as if she might be a con person.
(c) Nima seems as if she does not have a father.
(d) Nima seems stupid and does not speak Arabic, and her mother must not care about her.

4. At the end of Part II, what does Nima plan to tell her mother when Aisha gets home from work?
(a) She wants to be an artist.
(b) She is moving out.
(c) Nothing.
(d) She is sorry for everything.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Nima suspended from school for?

2. What does Aisha start wearing after 9/11 instead of a scarf on her head?

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

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

5. What does Khaltu Hala say to Aisha about Haitham in "Hala"?

(see the answer key)

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