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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who likes the name Nima among Aisha's friends?
(a) Mala.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Hala.
(d) Mama Fatheya.

2. What snack do Aisha and her friends pass around in "The Game"?
(a) Dates.
(b) Chocolates.
(c) Oranges.
(d) Nuts.

3. What does Nima refuse to let herself wonder in Part III?
(a) Is Yasmeen will really be her sister.
(b) If her mother is still alive.
(c) If her father is still alive.
(d) If Haitham is still alive.

4. What does Nima come to think of her father as by the end of Part IV?
(a) A coward.
(b) A rebel.
(c) A hero.
(d) A friend.

5. What is the term Khaltu Hala uses for the shop she sends Haitham to in Part III?
(a) Bigala.
(b) Bodega.
(c) Department store.
(d) Superstore.

6. Who says Yasmeen is a prettier name than Nima?
(a) Mama Fatheya.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Hala.
(d) Amal.

7. How does Nima plan to pay for her food in Part III?
(a) She has money in her pocket.
(b) She has her father's credit card.
(c) She does not - she is going to skip out on the bill.
(d) She will ask to do dishes to work off the debt.

8. Who is Nima most interested in observing from the past?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her grandmother.

9. How does Nima save Yasmeen in Part IV?
(a) She gives her a blood transfusion.
(b) She stops her bleeding.
(c) She pulls her away from a speeding car.
(d) She frees her foot from under the water and saves her from drowning.

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

11. Why does Ahmed tell his friend he is thinking of leaving his wife?
(a) He is not ready to have a child.
(b) He does not know why, but he wants to.
(c) He has never wanted to be married.
(d) He loves another woman.

12. What does Yasmeen do to Nima in "Half Possible"?
(a) Tries to stab her.
(b) Beats her.
(c) Throws her off the roof.
(d) Scalds her with tea water.

13. What does Yasmeen say she had always wished she had gotten in a name?
(a) A name from a grandparent.
(b) A name that meant something, like Nima's.
(c) A name from a cherished sibling.
(d) A name from a cousin.

14. What does Ahmed's friend tell him he and his wife want?
(a) Respect.
(b) A house.
(c) A child.
(d) More money.

15. Who tries to banish Yasmeen from the house in Part IV?
(a) Ahmed.
(b) Aisha.
(c) Mama Fatheya.
(d) Hala.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aisha silently mouth to Ahmed when she is comforting Hala?

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

3. What is Haitham's father's name?

4. What does Nima ask Yasmeen to stop calling her?

5. What does Yasmeen say is the connection between herself and Nima?

(see the answer keys)

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