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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 131 - 174, "Room" - "Alone").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nima often do by herself after school?
(a) Cook.
(b) Dance to music videos.
(c) Go to the library.
(d) Eat sweets.

2. What does Nima remember her mother telling her in "The Stranger"?
(a) Only trust strangers with clean clothes.
(b) Always have money with her.
(c) Always have her cell phone with her.
(d) Never go anywhere alone with a man.

3. What does Aisha start wearing after 9/11 instead of a scarf on her head?
(a) A veil.
(b) A knit hat.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A top hat.

4. Where does Nima finally go to get food?
(a) Home.
(b) Mama Fatheya's.
(c) Her father's house.
(d) A diner.

5. What does Nima tell her mother after her fight at school that she knows is a cruel thing to say?
(a) She wishes she had never been born.
(b) She wishes they had moved to Mexico instead.
(c) She wishes her father was there to protect her instead of Aisha.
(d) She wishes her grandmother was still alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Khaltu Hala say to Aisha about Haitham in "Hala"?

2. What does a woman at the airport say about Nima that she is offended by?

3. Who does Nima ask about jinns in Part II?

4. What does Mama Fatheya tell Nima and Haitham not to do after sundown?

5. Why does Yasmeen tell Nima they have to stay together?

(see the answer key)

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