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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 book does Razia's father try to give to the Jehovah's Witnesses?
(a) The Quran.
(b) The Zabur.
(c) The Torah.
(d) The Injil.

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

3. What 80's pop star does Razia want to marry?
(a) George Michael.
(b) Bryan Adams.
(c) David Bowie.
(d) Huey Lewis.

4. Whose tests get stapled next to Razia's for being highest in the class?
(a) Saima's.
(b) Julio's.
(c) Roger's.
(d) Nelson's.

5. Where do Taslima, Aliza and Razia go off to during Eid prayers?
(a) Toward the dinosaurs and the rest of the world's fair grounds.
(b) Toward the bodega where Razia buys milk.
(c) Toward Key Food supermarket.
(d) Toward Queensbridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Razia and her friends end up calling their shared pet for short?

2. What does Saima say that Razia has to sleep with if Razia is going to sleep over at Saima's house?

3. Who is the principal at Razia's school?

4. Why do Saima and Razia go to Osman Bhai's house?

5. What does the old Italian give to Razia and her friends?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the Julio that Razia knows?

2. Why does Razia push Julio away from her when they are burying the dead bird?

3. What does Saima say will crawl up Razia's leg and onto her stomach when she sleeps over Saima's house during the night that Razia's house is being fumigated to kill the roaches and what is it that really happens?

4. 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?

5. What happens between Saima's family and Razia's family after Saima's uncle steals from Razia's father's butcher shop?

6. How does Razia describe Bahar's house?

7. Why does Razia's mother take Razia to see Peer Saab?

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

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

10. What happens when the bread truck breaks down in Razia's neighborhood?

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