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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. From whom does Julio steal flowers?
(a) The young Spanish woman.
(b) The Old Italian.
(c) The Greek couple.
(d) The Korean grandmother.

4. What television show does Razia's mom always watch?
(a) East Enders.
(b) Days of Our Lives.
(c) The Young and the Restless.
(d) Home and Away.

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

6. Who gave Aliza a clock radio?
(a) Shafiq Uncle.
(b) Bahar's mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Taibah Aunty.

7. What is the name of Saima's uncle who gets a job with Razia's father?
(a) Bilal.
(b) Imram.
(c) Hamza.
(d) Azim.

8. At whose house does Razia say the vazes take place?
(a) Bahar's house.
(b) Saima's house.
(c) Hafiz Saab's house.
(d) The masjid.

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

10. Where do Razia and her family stay while the roaches are being killed?
(a) A hotel.
(b) Shahnaaz's house.
(c) Lucy's house.
(d) Saima's house.

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

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

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

14. Where does Razia hide in the first few months of her mother's sadness?
(a) At Lucy's house.
(b) At Saima's house.
(c) Under the grapevines.
(d) In the cherry tree.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Razia do on Saturday mornings at Taslima's house?

2. How do Saima and Razia get money?

3. What is Razia's word for "mom"?

4. Where do Razia and Saima go after leaving Key Food with money?

5. In which part of New York does Shahnaaz's family buy another gas station?

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