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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama Fatheya tell Nima and Haitham not to do after sundown?

2. What does Mama Fatheya tell Nima had been a rumor around Nima's birth?

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

4. Who is Nima's best friend's mother?

5. What does Nima's mother's name mean in her native language?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Nima tell her mother is really wrong with her in "Ghosts"?

6. In "Videos," what embarrasses Nima terribly in front of her mother?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What significance does Elhillo assign and describe to Arabic and Arabic speaking in terms of Nima's and Haitham's relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How and why does Elhillo steadily build on descriptions of the anti-Muslim, xenophobic attitudes and behaviors Nima, Haitham, and their families experience? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does the fact that Nima never met her father Ahmed impact her relationship with Aisha, her mother? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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