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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. Where is Nima the first time her body starts to feel like it is fading on her?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The river.
(c) The lake.
(d) The bathtub.

2. What does Nima fantasize would have become of her father if he had lived?
(a) He would be amazing at whatever career he chose.
(b) He would take her all over the world.
(c) He would probably have always died young.
(d) He would take her for ice cream every day.

3. What does Nima say to the person she sees suddenly standing in a corner of her room in Part II who startles her?
(a) She tells that person she knows him well.
(b) She tells that person she has missed him.
(c) She tells that person to leave her alone.
(d) She tells that person she will cook for her.

4. 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) He is hungry.
(d) She is sick.

5. What do Nima's mother and her best friend's mother laugh about in "Overheard"?
(a) A joke about a flower.
(b) Their own cooking of American dishes.
(c) A joke about being tired of having children.
(d) A joke about the American style of working.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are evil spirits called by Mama Fatheya?

2. What does Nima know her mother once considered naming her?

3. Who does Nima sometimes imagine she is?

4. What is the word Nima often uses to mean "father"?

5. Who asks Nima and her best friend what they do all day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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