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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 42, "The Photograph" - "Baba").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nima's own name mean?
(a) Grace.
(b) Courage.
(c) Finality.
(d) Beauty.

2. What class do Nima and her best friend often take together?
(a) Math.
(b) Dance.
(c) Arabic.
(d) Spanish.

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

4. What happens at the airport in "The Airport"?
(a) Nima gets sick.
(b) Aisha gets sick.
(c) The gate agent prevents Nima and Aisha from boarding because they are Muslims.
(d) The plane skids off the runway.

5. What does the girl in Nima's math class tell their classmates Nima's apartment smells like?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Curry.
(c) Manure.
(d) Rice and dirty plants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nima's mother's name?

2. What song does Nima sing once that upsets her best friend's mother?

3. What does Nima make for herself for lunch in "School"?

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

5. How many pyramids does the teacher in "Pyramids" tell the class their home country still has?

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