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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 43 - 81, "Haitham" - "The Bus").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What song does Nima sing once that upsets her best friend's mother?
(a) A song about a pearl necklace.
(b) A song about the sea.
(c) A song about breaking up.
(d) A song about a comb.

2. What do Nima's mother and her best friend's mother laugh about in "Overheard"?
(a) Their own cooking of American dishes.
(b) A joke about a flower.
(c) A joke about being tired of having children.
(d) A joke about the American style of working.

3. Who is Nima's best friend's grandmother?
(a) Grandma Fatima.
(b) Grandma Loti.
(c) Mama Ayesha.
(d) Mama Fatheya.

4. What is different about the social lives of Nima and her best friend?
(a) Nima likes to dance with her friends, and her best friend likes to play sports.
(b) Nima's best friend likes to sing with her other friends, and Nima likes to do play sports with hers.
(c) Nima has a lot of other friends, but her best friend does not.
(d) Nima does not really have other friends, but her best friend does.

5. What does Nima say to the person she sees suddenly standing in a corner of her room in Part II who startles her?
(a) She tells that person she knows him well.
(b) She tells that person she will cook for her.
(c) She tells that person to leave her alone.
(d) She tells that person she has missed him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game do Nima and her best friend play from their apartment in Part I?

2. What do Nima and her best friend often watch?

3. What does Nima tell Haitham is the only reason they are friends when she fights with him in Part II?

4. What does Nima's own name mean?

5. What does Nima see in "The Photograph"?

(see the answer key)

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