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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 refuse to let herself wonder in Part III?
(a) Is Yasmeen will really be her sister.
(b) If her father is still alive.
(c) If Haitham is still alive.
(d) If her mother is still alive.

2. What does Hala call Aisha affectionately in Part IV?
(a) A nostalgia monster.
(b) A best friend.
(c) A freak.
(d) A geek.

3. Where does Yasmeen finally appear in full form to Nima?
(a) In the elevator at the airport.
(b) In the church.
(c) In the restaurant.
(d) In the pool.

4. What does Ahmed's friend tell him he and his wife want?
(a) Respect.
(b) A child.
(c) A house.
(d) More money.

5. What does Nima think in "A Country"?
(a) How silent everything is.
(b) How nice the city looks from the roof.
(c) How polluted everything is.
(d) How confusing the whole situation is.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who likes the name Nima among Aisha's friends?

2. Who tries to banish Yasmeen from the house in Part IV?

3. What does Nima briefly think she needs to tell her mother somehow in Part IV?

4. Who helps Haitham immediately after he is hurt?

5. What is the term Khaltu Hala uses for the shop she sends Haitham to in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Half Possible," what does Yasmeen finally tell Nima about their existence?

2. In "Quiet," what does Yasmeen suggest that Nima thinks is strange?

3. What is strange about Nima's body in "Caught"?

4. In "Hala" (133), what do the police do to Hala?

5. What does Aisha tell Nima about her past in "Touched"?

6. What does Yasmeen really want to learn to do in Part IV that Nima teaches her?

7. What does Nima watch her mother teaching others how to do in Part III?

8. What does Nima do in "The Water"?

9. Why is Nima so mad at the Arab family in the airport?

10. How does Nima save Yasmeen's life in Part IV?

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