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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 best friend sometimes refer to her as?
(a) A Nostalgia Monster.
(b) A wonder.
(c) A hitchhiker.
(d) A banshee.

2. Who does Nima often get together with after school?
(a) Haitham.
(b) Yasmeen.
(c) Henry.
(d) Fatima.

3. What dress does Nima always admire of her mother's?
(a) The floral silk dress.
(b) The red linen dress.
(c) The yellow silk dress.
(d) The black cotton dress.

4. How do Nima and her mother travel to the hospital in Part II?
(a) Train.
(b) Car.
(c) Bus.
(d) Plane.

5. How long is Nima suspended from school for?
(a) Two months.
(b) A week.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) A month.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is one of Nima's favorite singers?

3. What does Aisha do when Nima tells her someone at school called Nima a terrorist?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How do Haitham and Nima know each other?

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