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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Nima think she sees in the corner of her room in Part II?
(a) Her father.
(b) Yasmeen.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Her grandmother.

2. What does Nima know her mother once considered naming her?
(a) Grace.
(b) Hope.
(c) Yasmeen.
(d) Hala.

3. What did Nima like to wrap herself in when she was little?
(a) Her mother's scarves.
(b) Her father's blanket
(c) The bathroom rug.
(d) Cotton balls.

4. What does Nima often think her mother feels?
(a) Aimlessness.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Joy.
(d) Suspicion.

5. Who is one of Nima's favorite singers?
(a) Post Malone.
(b) Sayed Khalifa.
(c) Kendrick Lamar.
(d) Tina Turner.

6. 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 be amazing at whatever career he chose.
(c) He would probably have always died young.
(d) He would take her all over the world.

7. What does Nima's mother wear on her head on her wedding day?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A headdress of silver coins.
(c) A crown of flowers.
(d) A veil.

8. What does Nima tell Haitham is the only reason they are friends when she fights with him in Part II?
(a) Their mothers are friends.
(b) She feels sorry for him.
(c) He feels sorry for her.
(d) They live in the same building.

9. What is one thing that Mama Fatheya says can call evil spirits out?
(a) Praying in the wrong way.
(b) Eating.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Raising one's voice.

10. What does Aisha start wearing after 9/11 instead of a scarf on her head?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A knit hat.
(c) A top hat.
(d) A veil.

11. How many pyramids does the teacher in "Pyramids" tell the class their home country still has?
(a) 457.
(b) 300.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 255.

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

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

14. What is different about the social lives of Nima and her best friend?
(a) Nima's best friend likes to sing with her other friends, and Nima likes to do play sports with hers.
(b) Nima likes to dance with her friends, and her best friend likes to play sports.
(c) Nima has a lot of other friends, but her best friend does not.
(d) Nima does not really have other friends, but her best friend does.

15. What is one thing Nima says she is really upset with Haitham about?
(a) He made fun of her with his other friends.
(b) He told kids at school her father is dead.
(c) He tried to kiss her once.
(d) He stole her scarf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nima's best friend's mother give to Nima as a gift once?

2. What does Nima see in "The Photograph"?

3. How do Nima and her mother travel to the hospital in Part II?

4. What does Nima's best friend have to do at school in Part I?

5. What does Aisha say when Nima asks why she still wears her headscarf?

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