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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. How does Razia first describe Shahnaaz?
(a) Kind and gentle.
(b) The neighborhood bully.
(c) The most beautiful girl in the neighborhood.
(d) Razia's best friend.

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

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

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

5. Who teaches Quran to Razia and her friends?
(a) Razia's mother.
(b) Saima's mother.
(c) Razia's father.
(d) Taibah Aunty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Razia and Saima go after leaving Key Food with money?

2. What is Razia's community religious leader called?

3. Who gave Aliza a clock radio?

4. The person that Taibah Aunty takes Razia to see gives her something to drink. What is the word used to for that drink?

5. What does Bahar's mother name her favorite stray dog?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the Julio that Razia knows?

2. Why are Saima and Razia collecting cans?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Razia describe Bahar's house?

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