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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. What does Nima's best friend do in Part I that she thinks is daring?
(a) Steals candy.
(b) Sings in front of people.
(c) Starts a fire.
(d) Steals a library book.

2. What does Aisha start wearing after 9/11 instead of a scarf on her head?
(a) A veil.
(b) A top hat.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A knit hat.

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

4. Why does Nima's best friend come to seek refuge at her house in Part I?
(a) He needs money.
(b) She is sick.
(c) He is hungry.
(d) His grandmother found his cigarettes.

5. What did Nima's mother once want to be?
(a) A mathematician.
(b) A chef.
(c) A dancer.
(d) A gardener.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nima remember wistfully Haitham doing for her years earlier?

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

3. What color scarf does Aisha wear to the airport?

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

5. What does Nima's best friend have to do at school in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In "America," what does the girl who comes to Nima's apartment to work on a math project tell their peers at school?

4. What does Aisha say when Nima asks her why she has not stopped wearing her headscarf?

5. What does Mama Fatheya tell Nima about her own birth in "Calling Haitham"?

6. Why does Khaltu Hala give Nima a pearl ring?

7. In "Halloween," what does Haitham tell the kids making fun of Nima?

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

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

10. In "Jinn," what does Nima think Yasmeen has appeared to her for?

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