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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 Aisha say when Nima asks why she still wears her headscarf?

2. What does Nima tell her mother after her fight at school that she knows is a cruel thing to say?

3. What did Nima like to wrap herself in when she was little?

4. At the end of Part II, what does Nima plan to tell her mother when Aisha gets home from work?

5. What does Nima know her mother once considered naming her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mama Fatheya tell Nima about her own birth in "Calling Haitham"?

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

3. What does Nima use to imagine Aisha's life before she herself was born?

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

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

6. How do Haitham and Nima know each other?

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

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

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

10. What happens when Nima is harassed by a group of white boys at school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

How does Elhillo treat the topic of male abuse of women through the backgrounds and experiences of both Nima and her mother Aisha? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How do both Nima and Yasmeen change during their time together observing - and even altering - the past? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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