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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. How many kittens is Cindy trying to get rid of in Chapter 125?

2. In what color suitcase do the Mahdavis bring clothes for Zomorod?

3. In Chapter 70, where does Pooya say that his parents are living?

4. What is the name of the person who hires Zomorod to work at the local free paper?

5. How much does a paper carrier get per insert for the local free paper?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Carolyn and Zomorod figure out who left the dead hamster on the Yousefzadeh's front step?

2. How does Chuck describe the job delivering papers?

3. Why do Iranian students storm the U.S. embassy in Iran and take American hostages?

4. What does Cindy tell Zomorod in Chapter 123?

5. How does Mohsen spend his days in Chapter 80?

6. Why is there a party in Chapter 125?

7. What happens on November 8, 1979?

8. What happens after President Reagan's inaugeration?

9. What happens when President Carter sends a secret rescue mission to rescue the hostages?

10. What does Brock offer to do in order to inspect the Linden's pantry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Zomorod remembers in fifth grade comparing herself to an animal. What animal did Zomorod compare herself to? Why did she compare herself to that animal? What did that comparison reveal about Zomorod and the type of person she was at that time?

Essay Topic 2

Zomorod longs to have a puka shell necklace. How long has Zomorod wished to have a puka shell necklace? Why was it so important for her to have one? How does she finally get one, and what does she realize once it is hers? How does the importance of the necklace change for her?

Essay Topic 3

The story takes place in the late 1970s and early 1980s. How does the author reveal the time period of the story? How does the time period affect Zomorod’s story?

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