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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. How many Iranian colleagues and their families did Kazem invite to meet his family at Disneyland in Chapter 4?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 18.
(d) 11.

2. After weeks of trying every form of American food available, Kazem and Nematollah concluded that the only American foods that were edible were canned chili, Chips Ahoy cookies and what?
(a) Campbell's soup.
(b) Potato chips.
(c) Coca-cola.
(d) Ice cream.

3. What did Firoozeh's teacher pull out for the class when introducing her?
(a) A map.
(b) A book.
(c) A doll.
(d) A jar.

4. Who in Firoozeh's family could speak English when they first arrived in California?
(a) Firoozeh.
(b) Nazireh.
(c) Sedigeh.
(d) Kazem.

5. Where had the teacher thought Firoozeh was from when she was supposed to speak to a class about her homeland in Chapter 7?
(a) Peru.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Ecuador.
(d) Argentina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sat with Firoozeh for her first few days at Leffingwell Elementary School?

2. Why had Francois' grandfather gone to Iraq?

3. What was Aunt Parvine's profession?

4. How many times previously had Firoozeh's family been to Disneyland when Kazem invited Iranian colleagues to meet his family there in Chapter 14?

5. For what company did Kazem work in Iran?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the Dumas family's trips to Las Vegas like? How did Firoozeh feel about them?

2. Where did Francois want to honeymoon? What was Firoozeh's reaction?

3. What did the Dumas family hold as a pinnacle in terms of tourist attractions? Why?

4. What did the Dumas family discover about Kazem's English in Chapter 2?

5. What examples does the narrator give for Americans misconstruing her and her family's names?

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

7. Who was asked to find a summer camp for Firoozeh in Chapter 8? What choice was made?

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

9. When did the Dumas family move to Newport Beach? What perceptions did people there have of them?

10. What pet had Francois' grandmother owned in the Congo? What happened to it?

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