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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nima say to the person she sees suddenly standing in a corner of her room in Part II who startles her?
(a) She tells that person she knows him well.
(b) She tells that person to leave her alone.
(c) She tells that person she will cook for her.
(d) She tells that person she has missed him.

2. What does Nima often do by herself after school?
(a) Cook.
(b) Dance to music videos.
(c) Eat sweets.
(d) Go to the library.

3. What does Nima's best friend's mother give to Nima as a gift once?
(a) A silk scarf.
(b) A pearl ring.
(c) A pair of shoes.
(d) A walkman.

4. What color scarf does Aisha wear to the airport?
(a) Green.
(b) Purple.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

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

6. What does Nima often think her mother feels?
(a) Aimlessness.
(b) Suspicion.
(c) Joy.
(d) Loneliness.

7. What are evil spirits called by Mama Fatheya?
(a) Jinns.
(b) Banshees.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Goblins.

8. Who comes to get Nima from school when she is suspended?
(a) Ashraf.
(b) Khaltu Hala.
(c) Mama Fatheya.
(d) Aisha.

9. What does Nima's mother's name mean in her native language?
(a) Finality.
(b) Grace.
(c) Bravery.
(d) She who lives.

10. What happens at the airport in "The Airport"?
(a) The plane skids off the runway.
(b) Aisha gets sick.
(c) The gate agent prevents Nima and Aisha from boarding because they are Muslims.
(d) Nima gets sick.

11. What does Nima see in "The Photograph"?
(a) A storm.
(b) Her parents when they were young.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her grandmother.

12. Where is Nima when she calls Yasmeen with everything she has?
(a) The bathtub.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) Church.
(d) The park.

13. What language do Nima and Haitham often speak together when they are very young?
(a) Spanish.
(b) French.
(c) Arabic.
(d) German.

14. 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.

15. What does Nima know her mother once considered naming her?
(a) Yasmeen.
(b) Hala.
(c) Hope.
(d) Grace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aisha do when Nima tells her someone at school called Nima a terrorist?

2. How many pyramids does the teacher in "Pyramids" tell the class their home country still has?

3. What does Nima tell Haitham is the only reason they are friends when she fights with him in Part II?

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

5. What did Nima like to wrap herself in when she was little?

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