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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the stranger take Nima that she knows is very bad?
(a) Church.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A skating rink.
(d) An abandoned warehouse.

2. What almost runs into Yasmeen in "Quiet"?
(a) A duck.
(b) A man on foot.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A truck.

3. Why does Yasmeen tell Nima they have to stay together?
(a) They took a vow.
(b) Their mother made them promise to stick together.
(c) They really do love each other.
(d) Their fates are bound.

4. What does Nima think in "A Country"?
(a) How nice the city looks from the roof.
(b) How silent everything is.
(c) How polluted everything is.
(d) How confusing the whole situation is.

5. Why does Aisha want to stay in her home country?
(a) She does not want to leave her first child there.
(b) She can not leave her mother.
(c) She is sick and it might kill her to leave.
(d) She loves it and feels a responsibility to fix it.

6. What does Nima do to try to stop the game?
(a) Slams a door.
(b) Shrieks.
(c) Makes a window close.
(d) Upends the tea set.

7. What does Aisha say to a man who bumps her on the bus?
(a) "Don't you dare touch me."
(b) Nothing.
(c) "I will call the police now."
(d) "I know you didn't mean to do that."

8. What does Nima think Haitham looks like in the hospital?
(a) Like his father.
(b) Very small.
(c) Bigger than usual.
(d) Like her father.

9. What do some of Aisha's friends do to try to help her decide on a name?
(a) Play a card game to decide it.
(b) Sing a song.
(c) Do a spell.
(d) Toss coins.

10. Who does Nima try to implore to help her at the airport?
(a) An Arabic family.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A gate agent.
(d) A cousin of hers.

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

12. What does Nima realize is the relationship between Hala and Haitham's father?
(a) They are having an affair.
(b) They are only friends.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) They are co-workers.

13. What does Nima briefly think she needs to tell her mother somehow in Part IV?
(a) Ahmed is cheating on Aisha.
(b) Ahmed is really a soldier.
(c) Ahmed is really an undercover American FBI agent.
(d) Ahmed wants to leave Aisha.

14. Who offers to take Nima home in Part III?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) A stranger who is a man.
(c) The waitress at the diner.
(d) Her teacher.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which singer do both Nima and Yasmeen like?

2. What does Mama Fatheya say to Hala in Part IV after her arrest?

3. Where does Nima finally go to get food?

4. Who tries to banish Yasmeen from the house in Part IV?

5. What has happened to Haitham in Part III?

(see the answer keys)

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