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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the word for the temple that Razia and her parents go to pray?

3. What movie do Razia, Taslima, and Shahnaaz watch on Bahar's mother's VCR?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 5, "Ajax, Raid, and Mr. Clean," what is Razia's mother checking Razia for?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Razia wonder about in relation to girls being allowed to go to masjid after seeing Ziyad be forgiven by Allah for killing Razia's pet cat?

2. What is the ostensible reason that Aliza's parents giver her a clock radio? How do Aliza, Taslima, and Razia mostly use it?

3. What is Razia initial impression of Bahar and what is Razia's impression of Bahar once Razia gets to know Bahar a bit better?

4. What is Saima and Razia's experience with the man at the can counting desk at Key Food?

5. How does Razia interpret the look on the old Italian's face after seeing what becomes of the cat?

6. Later when Taslima and Razia come back around to Julio's house, why does he tell Razia and Taslima to leave?

7. According to Razia, why does every Pakistani family have a tape recorder?

8. How does Razia's father react to the call to prayer from the Hafiz Saab and why?

9. Why does Razia cherish the time that her mother spends looking through Razia's hair for lice?

10. Why are Saima and Razia collecting cans?

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