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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Nima sit when she fantasizes about being someone else?
(a) In school.
(b) In church.
(c) In front of Aisha's mirror.
(d) In the park.

3. Who is Nima's best friend's grandmother?
(a) Mama Ayesha.
(b) Grandma Fatima.
(c) Grandma Loti.
(d) Mama Fatheya.

4. 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 thinks Nima can not read.
(c) She does not think Nima speaks English.
(d) She thinks Nima is a worker at the school.

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

6. What does Aisha start wearing after 9/11 instead of a scarf on her head?
(a) A veil.
(b) A knit hat.
(c) A top hat.
(d) Nothing.

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

8. Who asks Nima and her best friend what they do all day?
(a) Their teachers.
(b) Mama Fatheya.
(c) Their fathers.
(d) Their other friends.

9. What does Nima remember wistfully Haitham doing for her years earlier?
(a) Leaving her alone when she wanted to be left alone.
(b) Cooking for her.
(c) Standing up for her when other girls made fun of her.
(d) Bringing her flowers.

10. Who does Nima often get together with after school?
(a) Henry.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Yasmeen.
(d) Haitham.

11. What is all Nima's mother will tell her about her grandmother?
(a) She loved singing.
(b) She loved flowers.
(c) She loved cooking.
(d) She loved guitar.

12. What does Nima's mother make for her and her best friend in Part I?
(a) Curry.
(b) Cheese sandwiches.
(c) Pancakes.
(d) Tea boiled in milk.

13. What does Nima fantasize would have become of her father if he had lived?
(a) He would be amazing at whatever career he chose.
(b) He would take her all over the world.
(c) He would probably have always died young.
(d) He would take her for ice cream every day.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Nima sometimes imagine she is?

2. What class do Nima and her best friend often take together?

3. Who does Nima ask about jinns in Part II?

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

5. How does Nima imagine the girl she might have been with a different name?

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