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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Firoozeh's first teacher in the United States?

2. How many other girls were at the camp with Firoozeh in Chapter 8?

3. How old was Nazireh when she married?

4. What is the name of Firoozeh's husband?

5. Where had Kazim attended graduate school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What were the other girls like at Firoozeh's camp? Who did Firoozeh like the most?

7. What did Firoozeh discover at the pick-up location before leaving for camp?

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

9. What had Nazirah wanted to study? Why didn't she?

10. Where did Firoozeh become lost in Chapter 4? What did her father do once he found her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the element of Kazem's thriftiness in the narrative. How does Firoozeh use humor to depict her father as a penny-pincher?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Francois, India and Paris. Where did Firoozeh and Francois meet? How did he feel about her heritage?

Essay Topic 3

How religious was the Dumas family? What aspects of the Qur'an were overlooked in their household and why?

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