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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 happens to Driss's business after 9/11?
(a) It thrives.
(b) Driss does not have a business.
(c) It is destroyed by arson.
(d) It goes bankrupt.

2. What does Driss remember buying with Maryam early in their marriage that she would not compromise on?
(a) A car.
(b) A painting.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Curtains.

3. Why does Nora think Driss leaves her what he leaves her in his will?
(a) He thinks she will be famous one day.
(b) He thinks she will give it to his mistress.
(c) He thinks she will share it.
(d) He thinks she needs it most.

4. What is Coleman's first name?
(a) Winnie.
(b) Erica.
(c) Helen.
(d) Jennifer.

5. Who comes to see Nora out of the blue at her father's wake?
(a) Helen.
(b) Margot.
(c) Henry.
(d) Jeremy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Jeremy drop out of college?

2. Who is Efrain's cousin that was badly injured in a knife attack?

3. What does Nora drink during her dinner with Jeremy?

4. What did Driss object to when he took his family to the mosque for Eid when the girls were young?

5. What common interest do Nora and Jeremy have in high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jeremy decide to go to Nora's family's house for her father's wake?

2. Who tries to persuade Efrain to go to the police with his information, and why?

3. Why does Efrain hesitate to go the police as a witness to the hit-and-run?

4. Why does Salma become so bitter towards Nora in Part II?

5. What early embarrassing experience does Maryam have in trying to speak to a stranger and make friends in Part I, during her early days in America?

6. Why is Coleman uncomfortable talking to Murphy?

7. When is the one time Jeremy remembers his father telling him he was proud of Jeremy?

8. Why does Nora remember her father's death with contradictory thoughts?

9. What is the condition Jeremy places on bailing Fierro out of jail?

10. What does Anderson Baker tell Coleman about the night Driss died in Part II?

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