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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 is all Nima's mother will tell her about her grandmother?

2. Why does Nima's best friend come to seek refuge at her house in Part I?

3. What does Nima's best friend sometimes refer to her as?

4. What class do Nima and her best friend often take together?

5. Who is Nima's best friend?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Yasmeen," (pgs. 12 - 13), how does Nima imagine the fictional Yasmeen?

2. In "Haitham" (pg. 43), what does Mama Fatheya tell Nima and Haitham about loud singing after sundown?

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

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

5. What is one major factor Haitham and Nima have in common?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Nima imagine about herself in the mirror?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Nima's ability to visit the past as an observer begin to radically change her perceptions of her own family's history? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

What does Elhillo use dance, and Aisha's facility and love of it, to symbolize throughout this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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