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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. Why does Nima's best friend come to seek refuge at her house in Part I?
(a) He is hungry.
(b) His grandmother found his cigarettes.
(c) She is sick.
(d) He needs money.

2. 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.

3. What does Nima fantasize would have become of her father if he had lived?
(a) He would take her for ice cream every day.
(b) He would probably have always died young.
(c) He would be amazing at whatever career he chose.
(d) He would take her all over the world.

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

5. What does Mama Fatheya tell Nima and Haitham not to do after sundown?
(a) Run.
(b) Go to the movies.
(c) Read.
(d) Eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nima sit when she fantasizes about being someone else?

2. What happens at the airport in "The Airport"?

3. What does Aisha leave for Nima every day that she is suspended from school?

4. What does Nima say to the person she sees suddenly standing in a corner of her room in Part II who startles her?

5. What does Haitham tell kids at school in an effort to defend Nima?

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