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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Taibah Aunty take Razia to see in the chapter "The Exorcist"?
(a) Peer Saab.
(b) Bahar's mother.
(c) The Korean Grandmother in the neighborhood.
(d) Hafiz Saab.

2. What scene from the movie does Shahnaaz watch and imitate?
(a) The scene in the park.
(b) The scene at the beach.
(c) The hospital scene.
(d) The wedding scene.

3. Why do Saima and Razia go to Osman Bhai's house?
(a) To watch television.
(b) To ask for candy.
(c) To try beer.
(d) To get cans.

4. What is Razia's favorite kind of fancy cookie?
(a) Pepperidge Farm.
(b) Amos.
(c) Denmark's.
(d) My Sweet Etcetera.

5. What color is all the furniture is Razia's living room?
(a) Purple.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Orange.

6. Where do Saima and Razia's fathers first meet?
(a) At a medical lab in Pakistan.
(b) Peshwar University.
(c) At an employment office in New York.
(d) In the United Embassy in Pakistan.

7. Where did Razia's mother steal fruit from when she was a little girl?
(a) The baker's cellar.
(b) The school orchard.
(c) The market.
(d) Her neighbor's yard.

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

9. What does Saima say that Razia has to sleep with if Razia is going to sleep over at Saima's house?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A frog that will sit on Razia's head.
(c) A spider that will crawl up Razia's legs.
(d) Mice.

10. At the beginning of Chapter 3, "The Old Italian," how is Saima's mother punishing Saima's brother?
(a) By forcing him to chop onions all day.
(b) By forcing him to eat chili powder.
(c) By locking him in his room.
(d) By forcing him to eat soap.

11. What is the topic of this different movie that Razia has not seen before in school?
(a) Watergate trials.
(b) AIDS.
(c) World War II.
(d) The fall of the Berlin Wall.

12. What is Saima's brother's name?
(a) Assam.
(b) Ziyad.
(c) Rafiq.
(d) Salim.

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

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

15. Who wants to help Razia bury the thing she wants to bury?
(a) Shahnaaz.
(b) Julio.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Saima.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Razia's mother, how does a person get into the express lane to enter heaven?

2. Where does Aliza say she wants to go to college?

3. What is Razia's main chore in her house?

4. Where does Taslima's father put the dirty dishes that causes them to explode?

5. What prayer does Razia say over the buried thing?

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