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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 inspires Nora's series of jazz pieces in Part III?
(a) Her trip to San Francisco.
(b) Her father.
(c) Jeremy.
(d) Her first trip to Morocco.

2. What does Miles say to Coleman in Part III that hurts her terribly?
(a) He wants to move out.
(b) She is not his mother.
(c) He wants her to die.
(d) He hates her.

3. What kind of tea does Maryam make in the morning?
(a) Chamomile.
(b) Darjeeling.
(c) Mint.
(d) English Breakfast.

4. What does Coleman see at the library that makes her think she can crack the hit-and-run case?
(a) Trash cans.
(b) Lights.
(c) Cigarette butts.
(d) Security cameras.

5. What did Jeremy sometimes get ridiculed for in school?
(a) Being overweight.
(b) Smoking a lot.
(c) Being slow in class.
(d) Having a high voice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Fierro live?

2. What does Nora order the first time she eats at The Pantry in Part III?

3. What kind of car hit and killed Nora's father?

4. What nests above Nora's swamp cooler?

5. What is Salma most excited about in coming to America for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Nora tell Jeremy about Max in Part III, and why?

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

4. How does Maryam feel about the diner?

5. What does Nora say when Jeremy says something heartfelt and sweet to her in Part IV?

6. What does Miles tell Coleman in Part III that really hurts her?

7. What does Salma do to cope with the pressures of her job and family in Part IV?

8. What does Nora begin to piece together as a reason Anderson Baker might have wanted to kill her father?

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

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

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