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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. How many Iranian colleagues and their families did Kazem invite to meet his family at Disneyland in Chapter 4?
2. What occupation did Uncle Nematollah have?
3. Kazem considered himself the ________ of Iran since he was the first in the family to settle permanently in America.
4. 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?
5. Firoozeh's brothers who ridiculed her for renaming herself an American name later became known as Fred and what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What were the other girls like at Firoozeh's camp? Who did Firoozeh like the most?
2. What were the Dumas family's trips to Las Vegas like? How did Firoozeh feel about them?
3. What happened when Firoozeh's teacher showed the class a map in Chapter 1?
4. What did the Dumas family discover about Kazem's English in Chapter 2?
5. Why did Uncle Nematollah stay with the family? What was he fascinated with in America?
6. Who attempted to teach Firoozeh to swim after Kazem couldn't? What happened?
7. What tourist attractions did the Dumas family take in during their first few years in the U.S.? What did they think?
8. How does the narrator describe America's knowledge of her home country in her youth?
9. Where did the narrator move when she was seven? How did her family feel about the move?
10. Where did Kazem invite several Iranian colleagues in Chapter 4? What impression did he make?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Francois, India and Paris. Where did Firoozeh and Francois meet? How did he feel about her heritage?
Essay Topic 2
Describe Newport Beach, California, and the ethnic, racial and cultural stereotypes presented in the reading. Why did people think the Dumas family was Mexican?
Essay Topic 3
Describe Uncle Nematollah and explore the weight loss industry in the American '70s. How safe and/or effective were the weight loss pills, diet shakes, etc.?
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