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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 do Nima and her best friend often watch?
(a) News.
(b) New sit-coms.
(c) Old movies.
(d) Cartoons.

2. Who is Nima's best friend's mother?
(a) Khlatu Aisha.
(b) Khaltu Fatima.
(c) Khaltu Hala.
(d) Khaltu Ami.

3. What is the word Nima often uses to mean "father"?
(a) Daddy.
(b) Dad.
(c) Father.
(d) Baba.

4. What was Nima's best friend's mother's hair like when she first arrived in America?
(a) Dyed blue.
(b) Very short.
(c) Dyed blond.
(d) Very long.

5. What game do Nima and her best friend play from their apartment in Part I?
(a) Chess.
(b) They yell names out the window and see how many people look up.
(c) They make daisy chains.
(d) Monopoly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama Fatheya often watch on television?

2. What does the girl in Nima's math class tell their classmates Nima's apartment smells like?

3. What does Nima's mother's name mean in her native language?

4. What is different about the social lives of Nima and her best friend?

5. Why are Nima and Aisha traveling in "The Airport"?

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