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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. Who comes to get Nima from school when she is suspended?

2. What is one thing Nima says she is really upset with Haitham about?

3. What happens at the airport in "The Airport"?

4. How long is Nima suspended from school for?

5. Who does Nima think she sees in the corner of her room in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Elhillo decided to write this novel in verse, choosing that structure over others? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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