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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the movie that Razia says her class watches all the time?
(a) The Jazz Singer.
(b) Tarzan
(c) Cannonball Run.
(d) The Red Balloon.

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

4. What is the name of Razia's neighborhood?
(a) Astoria.
(b) Hob Hill.
(c) Corona.
(d) Red Hook.

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

6. How do Saima and Razia get money?
(a) By selling cookies.
(b) By selling grapes from their grapevines.
(c) By sweeping neighbors' houses.
(d) By trading in cans for money.

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

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

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

10. What do Taslima and Aliza get Razia for a Christmas present?
(a) A George Michael cassette.
(b) A book called From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
(c) A clock radio.
(d) A new Salwar Kameez.

11. What is Taibah Aunty's job in Karachi?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Chef.
(c) School teacher.
(d) Bookkeeper.

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

13. What does Razia do on Saturday mornings at Taslima's house?
(a) Read books.
(b) Watch The Karate Kid.
(c) Listen to American Top 40 on the radio.
(d) Play board games.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What television show does Razia's mom always watch?

3. How does Razia's mother plan to get rid of the roaches in their home?

4. Who saves Taslima and Razia from their pursuers?

5. Who does Taibah Aunty take Razia to see in the chapter "The Exorcist"?

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