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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 had Nazireh wanted to be educated in?
(a) Midwifery.
(b) Biology.
(c) Dentistry.
(d) Economics.

2. In Chapter 7, Firoozeh was asked to speak to her friend's class of what grade about her homeland?
(a) 6th.
(b) 7th.
(c) 8th.
(d) 9th.

3. When she first met with her teacher at Leffingwell Elementary School, Firoozeh showed the only English she knew by reciting what?
(a) Constelations.
(b) Animals.
(c) Colors.
(d) Numbers.

4. How old was Farshid when Firoozeh's family moved from Iran to the U.S.?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 14.
(d) 11.

5. Where is Firoozeh's husband from?
(a) Spain.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Kazim attended graduate school?

2. Firoozeh's brothers who ridiculed her for renaming herself an American name later became known as Fred and what?

3. What was Aunt Parvine's profession?

4. Once when she was called in for a doctor's apartment, the nurse called Firoozeh what?

5. When did Iran approve a theocratic constitution?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What tourist attractions did the Dumas family take in during their first few years in the U.S.? What did they think?

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

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 had Nazirah wanted to study? Why didn't she?

7. Who attempted to teach Firoozeh to swim after Kazem couldn't? What happened?

8. Who did Firoozeh meet with before beginning school in the United States? What was the meeting like?

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

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

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