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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 finally successful in helping Nematollah lose weight?

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

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

4. Who considered himself the family swim instructor but was unable to teach Firoozeh to swim?

5. What language did Firoozeh's family principally speak?

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

4. Describe Kazem's childhood. How close was his family?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define and discuss the theme of foreign identity in the narrative. In what ways did Firoozeh feel like an outsider in America?

Essay Topic 2

What is the symbolic meaning of Disneyland in the narrative? What did it represent for Kazem?

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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