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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 is one thing Nima says she is really upset with Haitham about?
(a) He made fun of her with his other friends.
(b) He tried to kiss her once.
(c) He told kids at school her father is dead.
(d) He stole her scarf.

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

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

4. What is one thing that Mama Fatheya says can call evil spirits out?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Raising one's voice.
(c) Eating.
(d) Praying in the wrong way.

5. What does Nima's mother's name mean in her native language?
(a) She who lives.
(b) Finality.
(c) Grace.
(d) Bravery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nima's best friend sometimes refer to her as?

2. What does Haitham tell kids at school in an effort to defend Nima?

3. What does Nima's mother wear on her head on her wedding day?

4. What does Nima see in "The Photograph"?

5. What was Nima's best friend's mother's hair like when she first arrived in America?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Haitham call Nima a "Nostalgia Monster"?

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

4. What does Nima imagine about herself in the mirror?

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

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

7. In "Videos," what embarrasses Nima terribly in front of her mother?

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

9. In "The Photograph," who does Nima always admire and long for?

10. In "Baba," what does Aisha have all over the apartment that Nima often looks at?

(see the answer keys)

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