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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 Nima hear one girl say to her friend at school when they bump into Nima accidentally?
2. At the end of Part II, what does Nima plan to tell her mother when Aisha gets home from work?
3. Who is Nima's best friend's mother?
4. What does the girl in Nima's math class tell their classmates Nima's apartment smells like?
5. What does Aisha do when Nima tells her someone at school called Nima a terrorist?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Baba," what does Aisha have all over the apartment that Nima often looks at?
2. In "School," why does Nima beg her mother to stop sending leftovers to school for her?
3. In "America," what does the girl who comes to Nima's apartment to work on a math project tell their peers at school?
4. What happens when Nima is harassed by a group of white boys at school?
5. In "Videos," what embarrasses Nima terribly in front of her mother?
6. Why does Haitham call Nima a "Nostalgia Monster"?
7. What does Nima think of her friendship with Haitham?
8. What does Nima use to imagine Aisha's life before she herself was born?
9. Why does Khaltu Hala give Nima a pearl ring?
10. How do Haitham and Nima know each other?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think Elhillo decided to write this novel in verse, choosing that structure over others? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
What does Nima's friendship with Haitham mean to her in the early stages of the novel, as described by Elhillo? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
How and why is Nima able to alter the entire trajectory of hers and Aisha's lives by visiting the past and intervening at a critical moment in her parents' life? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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