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

2. Who does Nima sometimes imagine she is?
(a) A famous dancer.
(b) A famous singer.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Yasmeen, a figment of her mind.

3. Who is Nima's best friend?
(a) Haitham.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Aisha.
(d) Hala.

4. What does Mama Fatheya tell Nima had been a rumor around Nima's birth?
(a) There had been two babies in Aisha's womb but only one - Nima - had been born.
(b) Aisha had not wanted to name Nima at all.
(c) Nima came out with a veil.
(d) Nima had almost died at birth.

5. What class do Nima and her best friend often take together?
(a) Arabic.
(b) Math.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Dance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Nima when she calls Yasmeen with everything she has?

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

3. What does Aisha suggest to Nima for making new friends in Part II?

4. What does Nima's own name mean?

5. What do Nima and her best friend often watch?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In "Haitham" (pg. 43), what does Mama Fatheya tell Nima and Haitham about loud singing after sundown?

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

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

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

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

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

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