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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. Why do boys in Nima's school harass her in Part II?

2. What does Haitham tell kids at school in an effort to defend Nima?

3. What do Nima and her best friend often watch?

4. Who does Nima ask about jinns in Part II?

5. In "Halloween," what does one student at school say about Nima's mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In "Halloween," what does Haitham tell the kids making fun of Nima?

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

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. What does Nima think of her friendship with Haitham?

9. Why does Haitham call Nima a "Nostalgia Monster"?

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 and why are things so different between Nima and Aisha once Nima returns from her journey to the past? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Elhillo use Yasmeen's character to reveal certain aspects of Nima's character that were previously hidden to the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why and how does Elhillo highlight the way that some characters exhibiting racist, harmful behaviors associate the words "Muslim" and "terrorist" at different places in the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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