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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 Efrain particularly love about Marisela?
(a) Her skills in sewing.
(b) Her clothes.
(c) Her voice.
(d) Her smile.

2. Where does Nora go shopping with Maryam in Part IV?
(a) Helena.
(b) Palm Spring.
(c) Palm Desert.
(d) Black Desert.

3. What is Salma most excited about in coming to America for the first time?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Driving a car.
(c) Eating hamburgers.
(d) Going to school.

4. What does Nora remember A.J. having scrawled on her locker in high school?
(a) "Nerd."
(b) "Nigger."
(c) "A-hole."
(d) "Raghead."

5. Where does Jeremy take Nora in Part III the first time he comes to her house?
(a) The bowling alley.
(b) A night hike.
(c) A concert.
(d) For ice cream.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Efrain see in Part III that makes him reconsider going to the police?

2. What does A.J. remember doing with his mother that he liked?

3. What did Jeremy sometimes get ridiculed for in school?

4. Where does Nora want Salma to come for moral support in Part III?

5. What does Fierro ask Jeremy about Nora in Part IV that he resents and does not answer?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part IV, why does Jeremy ask Coleman about the investigation?

2. What does Fierro asks Jeremy about Nora in Part IV that upsets him?

3. Why does Nora become committed to the idea of running The Pantry in Part IV?

4. How does Maryam feel about the diner?

5. What does Nora remember about A.J. from high school?

6. What does Fierro do in the support group that really angers Jeremy?

7. How is Efrain thinking about Driss in Part III?

8. Why is Nora angry with Salma about Anderson Baker's court appearance?

9. What does Fletcher do in Iraq that Jeremy can never get over?

10. What is Baker's excuse for hitting Driss and then leaving?

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