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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 mother wear on her head on her wedding day?
(a) A crown of flowers.
(b) A veil.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A headdress of silver coins.

2. What does Nima's best friend sometimes refer to her as?
(a) A wonder.
(b) A banshee.
(c) A hitchhiker.
(d) A Nostalgia Monster.

3. What does the girl in Nima's math class tell their classmates Nima's apartment smells like?
(a) Manure.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Curry.
(d) Rice and dirty plants.

4. What does Aisha leave for Nima every day that she is suspended from school?
(a) A plate of food.
(b) Books to read.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Chores to do.

5. What are evil spirits called by Mama Fatheya?
(a) Banshees.
(b) Goblins.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Jinns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nima hear one girl say to her friend at school when they bump into Nima accidentally?

2. What did Nima like to wrap herself in when she was little?

3. What does Nima fantasize would have become of her father if he had lived?

4. How does Nima imagine the girl she might have been with a different name?

5. At the end of Part II, what does Nima plan to tell her mother when Aisha gets home from work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in "The Airport" that Nima always remembers as hurting her mother deeply?

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

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

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

5. What is one major factor Haitham and Nima have in common?

6. What happens when Nima is harassed by a group of white boys at school?

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

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

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

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

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