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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 175 - 210, "Yasmeen" - "Yellow").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aisha say when Nima asks why she still wears her headscarf?
(a) She needs to wear it to fulfill her promise to Nima's father.
(b) She is not ashamed of where she is from.
(c) She may stop wearing it soon.
(d) She does not really have a reason for wearing it.

2. What kind of sisterhood does Nima think of herself and Yasmeen having by the end of Part IV?
(a) A brittle one.
(b) A real one.
(c) A strong one.
(d) A symbolic one.

3. Where does Nima keep some of her favorite photos?
(a) In a tin box.
(b) On her corkboard.
(c) In a cardboard envelope.
(d) On a shelf in her closet.

4. What does Nima remember her mother telling her in "The Stranger"?
(a) Always have money with her.
(b) Always have her cell phone with her.
(c) Never go anywhere alone with a man.
(d) Only trust strangers with clean clothes.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. At the end of Part II, what does Nima plan to tell her mother when Aisha gets home from work?

4. Who do Haitham and Nima meet for the first time in Arabic class in Part V?

5. Who helps Haitham immediately after he is hurt?

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