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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why are Nima and Aisha traveling in "The Airport"?
(a) For a convention.
(b) For a graduation.
(c) For a wedding.
(d) For a funeral.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama Fatheya tell Nima and Haitham not to do after sundown?

2. What song does Nima sing once that upsets her best friend's mother?

3. What does the girl in Nima's math class tell their classmates Nima's apartment smells like?

4. What dress does Nima always admire of her mother's?

5. What does Aisha do when Nima tells her someone at school called Nima a terrorist?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nima think her own name is somewhat ironic?

2. What does Nima think of her friendship with Haitham?

3. In "Bathwater," what startling thing happens to Nima in the bath?

4. Why do Nima and Aisha go to the hospital in "The Bus"?

5. Why does Aisha name Nima "Nima" instead of "Yasmeen" ?

6. What does Nima tell her mother is really wrong with her in "Ghosts"?

7. How do Haitham and Nima know each other?

8. In "Haitham" (55), what begins the fight between Haitham and Nima?

9. What does Nima use to imagine Aisha's life before she herself was born?

10. In "School," why does Nima beg her mother to stop sending leftovers to school for her?

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