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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 Zabur.
(b) The Torah.
(c) The Injil.
(d) The Quran.

2. In which part of New York does Shahnaaz's family buy another gas station?
(a) Rochester.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Long Island.
(d) The Bronx.

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

4. How does Razia's mother plan to get rid of the roaches in their home?
(a) Luring them outside with food.
(b) Sticky traps.
(c) With a roach fumigator.
(d) By playing a high pitched tone that roaches are repelled by.

5. Who tells Razia about when to eat the cherries?
(a) The old Greek man.
(b) Lucy's father.
(c) Razia's father.
(d) the old Italian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Razia hide in the first few months of her mother's sadness?

2. What story from the Quran does Razia's mother tell Razia and her friends?

3. What is the name of the traditional south Asian clothes does Razia wear?

4. What does Razia see when she looks into the old Italian's yard?

5. In the chapter "Sugar Fiends," where does Lucy go?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Razia's grandmother survive in Pakistan after her husband dies?

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. What is the moment of lightness for Razia's mother and the cherry tree?

7. What is Aliza's ambition after high school? what is her opinion about marrying a Pakistani man?

8. What happens to the kitten that the old Italian gives to Razia and her friends?

9. Where does Razia go to hide in the chapter titled, "Cherry Tree"? Is she actually hidden?

10. What does Razia's mother think about a Pakistani person who spends their time singing and dancing?

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