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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the second job that Razia's father gets?
(a) Teaching English as a second language.
(b) Night shift at a hospital lab.
(c) Security guard.
(d) Subway electrician.

2. What is Razia's father's profession in New York?
(a) Restaurant host.
(b) Office manager.
(c) Butcher.
(d) Baker.

3. In front of which building does the Pakistani community gather to read the Eid namaaz?
(a) Queens Museum of Art.
(b) Manhattan Central Library.
(c) The Guggenheim Museum of Art.
(d) Museum of the Moving Image.

4. According to Razia's mother, how does a person get into the express lane to enter heaven?
(a) By dancing and celebrating.
(b) By doing well in your job.
(c) By reading namaaz and dua.
(d) By doing well in school.

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

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

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

8. In what borough of New York is Razia's neighborhood?
(a) Bronx.
(b) Queens.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Long Island.

9. How come Santa does not come to Taslima's house this Christmas?
(a) The neighbor dressed up as Santa moved to a different neighborhood.
(b) The neighbor who dressed up as Santa died.
(c) Taslima and her family are going to Pakistan for Christmas.
(d) Santa does not come to Muslim houses.

10. What part of New York does Taslima's family live in before coming to Corona?
(a) Staten Island.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Long Island.
(d) Brooklyn.

11. What kind of poetry does Taslima's father read?
(a) Urdu poetry.
(b) Rumi Poems.
(c) Shakespeare Sonnets.
(d) Hafiz Poems

12. What does the old Italian give to Razia and her friends?
(a) Grapes.
(b) Some money.
(c) Books.
(d) A kitten.

13. What is the name of the morning prayer in Islam?
(a) Asr.
(b) Fajr.
(c) Shacharit.
(d) Isha.

14. What movie do Razia, Taslima, and Shahnaaz watch on Bahar's mother's VCR?
(a) Silsila.
(b) Kabhi Kabhie.
(c) Faasle.
(d) Chandni.

15. Who saves Taslima and Razia from their pursuers?
(a) The bodega shop ower.
(b) Razia's father.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Bahar's mother and Razia's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Razia want to show Taslima at the beginning of the chapter "Pajama People"?

2. How do Saima and Razia get money?

3. In the chapter "The Exorcist," what does Razia tell her mother is in Razia's room?

4. What kind of flower does Julio steal?

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

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