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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 does Nima hear one girl say to her friend at school when they bump into Nima accidentally?
(a) She thinks Nima has a disability.
(b) She does not think Nima speaks English.
(c) She thinks Nima can not read.
(d) She thinks Nima is a worker at the school.

2. What does Nima's best friend sometimes refer to her as?
(a) A banshee.
(b) A wonder.
(c) A Nostalgia Monster.
(d) A hitchhiker.

3. What does Nima's best friend do in Part I that she thinks is daring?
(a) Steals a library book.
(b) Steals candy.
(c) Sings in front of people.
(d) Starts a fire.

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 a flower.
(c) Their own cooking of American dishes.
(d) A joke about the American style of working.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in the hospital in the end of Part II?

2. How does Nima imagine the girl she might have been with a different name?

3. What does Aisha do when Nima tells her someone at school called Nima a terrorist?

4. What does Nima remember wistfully Haitham doing for her years earlier?

5. What does Nima tell her mother after her fight at school that she knows is a cruel thing to say?

(see the answer key)

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