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Firoozeh Dumas
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Firoozeh Dumas
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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. Where did Francois want to honeymoon?
(a) Mocolia.
(b) Tibet.
(c) Japan.
(d) India.

2. How old was Farshid in Chapter 8?
(a) 20.
(b) 24.
(c) 23.
(d) 18.

3. How many times previously had Firoozeh's family been to Disneyland when Kazem invited Iranian colleagues to meet his family there in Chapter 14?
(a) 15.
(b) 7.
(c) 12.
(d) 3.

4. What did Kazem purchase for Firoozeh before she went to camp in Chapter 8?
(a) A purse.
(b) A sari.
(c) Several cans of bug spray.
(d) A sleeping bag.

5. Who considered himself the family swim instructor but was unable to teach Firoozeh to swim?
(a) Nematollah.
(b) Farid.
(c) Farshid.
(d) Kazem.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Iran approve a theocratic constitution?

2. When was Disneyland opened?

3. Who hosted "The Price Is Right" when Firoozeh's family watched it?

4. When she first met with her teacher at Leffingwell Elementary School, Firoozeh showed the only English she knew by reciting what?

5. What was a sport Farshid was active in during his youth?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe America's knowledge of her home country in her youth?

2. What fast food restaurants did Nematollah and Kazem visit during Nematollah's stay? What was their consensus?

3. What did Kazem buy Firoozeh before her trip to camp in Chapter 8? How is it described?

4. What story of his grandfather did Francois relate to Firoozeh in Chapter 10?

5. How did Nazireh learn English? Who translated for her in town?

6. What differences were there between Newport Beach and Berkeley regarding Iranians in Chapter 7?

7. Describe the difficulty Firoozeh faced after changing her name. What did she change it to?

8. Where did the narrator move when she was seven? How did her family feel about the move?

9. Where did Kazem invite several Iranian colleagues in Chapter 4? What impression did he make?

10. Why was Firoozeh embarrassed on her way home from school with her mother in Chapter 1?

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