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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Nima remember her mother telling her in "The Stranger"?
(a) Never go anywhere alone with a man.
(b) Only trust strangers with clean clothes.
(c) Always have money with her.
(d) Always have her cell phone with her.

3. What does Nima see in "The Driveway" that she knows might save her?
(a) A limo.
(b) An airport shuttle.
(c) A cousin of hers.
(d) Her mother.

4. Where does Nima trespass in Part III?
(a) The school.
(b) Her teacher's house.
(c) The government facility.
(d) A man's home and pool.

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

6. Who comes to Nima in a whirlwind and tells her to go right that minute?
(a) Yasmeen.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) Her father.

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

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

9. Where do Nima's parents live in Part III?
(a) With Ahmed's mother.
(b) With Aisha's sister.
(c) With Ahmed's sister.
(d) With Aisha's mother.

10. What do the people who hurt Haitham call him?
(a) Mohammed.
(b) Brother.
(c) Thug.
(d) Thief.

11. What does Aisha carefully peel for herself in "The Game"?
(a) A grapefruit.
(b) A pear.
(c) An orange.
(d) An apple.

12. In "Room," who is Aisha thinking she should call?
(a) Hala.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Nima.
(d) Yasmeen.

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

14. What does Hala call Aisha affectionately in Part IV?
(a) A nostalgia monster.
(b) A geek.
(c) A best friend.
(d) A freak.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nima try to buy right after she gets off the bus in Part III?

2. Which of Aisha's friends really seem to dislike each other?

3. Who is Nima most interested in observing from the past?

4. What starts happening to both Yasmeen and Nima during the game?

5. What does Aisha say to a man who bumps her on the bus?

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