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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 was Nima's best friend's mother's hair like when she first arrived in America?
(a) Dyed blue.
(b) Dyed blond.
(c) Very long.
(d) Very short.

2. Who does Nima think she sees in the corner of her room in Part II?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Yasmeen.
(d) Her father.

3. What color scarf does Aisha wear to the airport?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Purple.
(d) Red.

4. What does Nima often think her mother feels?
(a) Joy.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Aimlessness.
(d) Suspicion.

5. What does Haitham tell kids at school in an effort to defend Nima?
(a) Her father is the mayor.
(b) Her father is dead.
(c) Her father is rich.
(d) Her father is a cop.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Nima often do by herself after school?

5. Why are Nima and Aisha traveling in "The Airport"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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