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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 does Coleman's colleague's son ask Coleman's son to participate in early in Part II?
(a) A math competition.
(b) A baseball game.
(c) A tennis match.
(d) A basketball game.

2. Who does Jeremy ask about the reasons Fierro is in jail?
(a) Allen.
(b) Singh.
(c) Lomeli.
(d) Coleman.

3. When did Maryam and Driss move to America?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1954.

4. How does Driss die?
(a) A stabbing.
(b) A shooting.
(c) A hit-and-run accident.
(d) A heart attack.

5. Why does Jeremy insist on driving Nora home to the cabin in Part II?
(a) She lost her glasses.
(b) She has a headache.
(c) She has a flat tire.
(d) She had too much to drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Nora's parents move to the U.S. from?

2. Where does A.J. Baker go to college?

3. Who is Fierro's wife, soon to be separated?

4. Who is Nora's mother?

5. Who is Efrain's daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jeremy go to see Mary in Part II?

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

3. Why does Nora get upset at Salma's husband Tareq for his suggestions early in Part I?

4. What does Maryam do in the period that Nora thinks of as the "Cold War" phase of her parents' relationship?

5. What happens to Driss's donut shop after 9/11?

6. What is the basis of Jeremy's friendship with Fierro?

7. Why is Coleman uncomfortable talking to Murphy?

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

9. 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?

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

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