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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the mayor when the recycling program is announced?
(a) Mayor La Guardia.
(b) Mayor Koch.
(c) Mayor Guiliani.
(d) Mayor Wagner.

2. What is Razia's father's profession in Pakistan?
(a) Scientist.
(b) Engineer.
(c) Architect.
(d) Physician.

3. What is Razia's community religious leader called?
(a) Hafiz Saab.
(b) Sunnah Hadith.
(c) Nasr Zainab.
(d) Sahib.

4. What is Razia's sister's name?
(a) Asma.
(b) Safia.
(c) Faiza.
(d) Fatima.

5. What is the dish that Bahar and Aliza prepare to be eaten as soon as the aunties finish reading their sections of Quran?
(a) Chawal.
(b) Nihari.
(c) Lassi.
(d) Saleem.

6. In the chapter "Sugar Fiends," where does Lucy go?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) Dominican Republic.
(c) Portugal.
(d) Spain.

7. What number I.S. does Razia attend?
(a) I.S. 42.
(b) I.S. 61.
(c) I.S. 118.
(d) I.S. 71.

8. What do Razia and her friends end up calling their shared pet for short?
(a) Miss Kitten.
(b) Snowball.
(c) Vashti.
(d) Mr. Fluff.

9. At the beginning of Chapter 5, "Ajax, Raid, and Mr. Clean," what is Razia's mother checking Razia for?
(a) Ticks.
(b) Lice.
(c) Spider bites.
(d) Poison Ivy rash.

10. Who climbs high into the tree to get the first ripe cherries?
(a) Razia's mom.
(b) Razia's father.
(c) Saima.
(d) The old Greek man.

11. What does Azim do that makes Razia's mother angry at him and at Saima's mother?
(a) Azim steals from Razia's father's shop.
(b) Azim refuses to go to masjid.
(c) Azim refuses to eat with Razia's family.
(d) Azim wants to marry a Dominican woman.

12. What is the name of the traditional south Asian clothes does Razia wear?
(a) Anarkali.
(b) Salwar Kameez.
(c) Lengha.
(d) Saree.

13. What does Razia need matches for in Chapter 2, "Skin"?
(a) To burn a magazine.
(b) To melt a wax candle.
(c) To burn a small hole in her neighbor's wooden fence.
(d) To smoke a cigarette.

14. What does Razia see when she looks into the old Italian's yard?
(a) A yard full of sculptures.
(b) A shoebox.
(c) A yard full of old couches.
(d) A yard full of car parts.

15. Where do Taslima, Aliza and Razia go off to during Eid prayers?
(a) Toward the dinosaurs and the rest of the world's fair grounds.
(b) Toward the bodega where Razia buys milk.
(c) Toward Queensbridge.
(d) Toward Key Food supermarket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Razia's main teacher at her school?

2. What is Shafiq uncle's job?

3. Who wants to help Razia bury the thing she wants to bury?

4. What story from the Quran does Razia's mother tell Razia and her friends?

5. What book does Razia's father try to give to the Jehovah's Witnesses?

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