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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is one thing that Mama Fatheya says can call evil spirits out?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Praying in the wrong way.
(c) Eating.
(d) Raising one's voice.

3. What does Aisha leave for Nima every day that she is suspended from school?
(a) Books to read.
(b) A plate of food.
(c) Chores to do.
(d) Nothing.

4. What does Nima tell Haitham is the only reason they are friends when she fights with him in Part II?
(a) She feels sorry for him.
(b) He feels sorry for her.
(c) They live in the same building.
(d) Their mothers are friends.

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

6. What did Nima like to wrap herself in when she was little?
(a) Cotton balls.
(b) Her mother's scarves.
(c) Her father's blanket
(d) The bathroom rug.

7. What does Nima's own name mean?
(a) Courage.
(b) Grace.
(c) Finality.
(d) Beauty.

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

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

10. What does Aisha do when Nima tells her someone at school called Nima a terrorist?
(a) Calls the student's mother.
(b) Calls the school.
(c) Cries.
(d) Nothing.

11. What song does Nima sing once that upsets her best friend's mother?
(a) A song about the sea.
(b) A song about a pearl necklace.
(c) A song about breaking up.
(d) A song about a comb.

12. What is different about the social lives of Nima and her best friend?
(a) Nima's best friend likes to sing with her other friends, and Nima likes to do play sports with hers.
(b) Nima does not really have other friends, but her best friend does.
(c) Nima has a lot of other friends, but her best friend does not.
(d) Nima likes to dance with her friends, and her best friend likes to play sports.

13. What does Mama Fatheya tell Nima had been a rumor around Nima's birth?
(a) Nima had almost died at birth.
(b) There had been two babies in Aisha's womb but only one - Nima - had been born.
(c) Aisha had not wanted to name Nima at all.
(d) Nima came out with a veil.

14. How do Nima and her mother travel to the hospital in Part II?
(a) Car.
(b) Bus.
(c) Train.
(d) Plane.

15. What does Nima's mother wear on her head on her wedding day?
(a) A veil.
(b) A headdress of silver coins.
(c) A crown of flowers.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Nima's mother and her best friend's mother laugh about in "Overheard"?

2. Who comes to get Nima from school when she is suspended?

3. Who is in the hospital in the end of Part II?

4. Why are Nima and Aisha traveling in "The Airport"?

5. What game do Nima and her best friend play from their apartment in Part I?

(see the answer keys)

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