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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. Who likes the name Nima among Aisha's friends?
(a) Fatima.
(b) Mama Fatheya.
(c) Hala.
(d) Mala.

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

3. Who is Nima most interested in observing from the past?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her best friend.

4. How does Nima save Yasmeen in Part IV?
(a) She pulls her away from a speeding car.
(b) She stops her bleeding.
(c) She gives her a blood transfusion.
(d) She frees her foot from under the water and saves her from drowning.

5. What does Nima think her father smells like?
(a) Maple.
(b) Rice.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Apples and smoke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hala get arrested in Part IV?

2. What does Nima remember her mother telling her in "The Stranger"?

3. Who comes to Nima in a whirlwind and tells her to go right that minute?

4. What does a woman at the airport say about Nima that she is offended by?

5. What does Nima do to try to stop the game?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nima feel about losing Yasmeen in "Alone"?

2. Why is Yasmeen really angry at Nima after they survive the river in Part IV?

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

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

5. In "Street Fair," what does Nima try to do that she realizes she does not have money for?

6. In "Baba" (138), what does Nima learn about her father?

7. What does Yasmeen try to do to Nima that shocks Nima in Part IV?

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

9. What is the first thing Nima and Yasmeen see when they step into the past?

10. Who ends up paying for Nima's food in Part III?

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