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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What religion does Razia's friend Lucy follow?
(a) Protestantism.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Unitarianism.

4. The person that Taibah Aunty takes Razia to see gives her something to drink. What is the word used to for that drink?
(a) Zam Zam.
(b) Ya-Yeen
(c) Ves.
(d) Vani.

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

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

7. Where does Aliza say she wants to go to college?
(a) Baruch College
(b) Hunter College
(c) New York University.
(d) Stony Brook

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

9. Who pulls Razia's mother out of school on her first day?
(a) Razia's grandmother.
(b) Taibah Aunty.
(c) Razia's grandfather.
(d) Razia's Big Uncle.

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

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

12. What does Razia find outside her home that she wants to bury?
(a) A key to her diary.
(b) A shoebox of photos of Razia and Saima.
(c) A gold coin.
(d) A dead baby bird.

13. What language does Saima's mother mostly speak?
(a) Urdu.
(b) Pashto.
(c) Hindi.
(d) Arbi.

14. What is the word for the temple that Razia and her parents go to pray?
(a) K'nesset.
(b) Masjid.
(c) Synogogue.
(d) Iglesia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of flower does Julio steal?

2. Which fast food place does Taslima's father's work in as his first job?

3. Who climbs high into the tree to get the first ripe cherries?

4. What is the name of Razia's neighborhood?

5. Where do Taslima, Aliza and Razia go off to during Eid prayers?

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