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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a woman at the airport say about Nima that she is offended by?
(a) Nima seems as if she does not have a father.
(b) Nima seems too pretty to be out alone.
(c) Nima seems as if she might be a con person.
(d) Nima seems stupid and does not speak Arabic, and her mother must not care about her.

2. Who likes the name Nima among Aisha's friends?
(a) Mala.
(b) Mama Fatheya.
(c) Hala.
(d) Fatima.

3. What does Aisha carefully peel for herself in "The Game"?
(a) An orange.
(b) A grapefruit.
(c) An apple.
(d) A pear.

4. What does Yasmeen say she had always wished she had gotten in a name?
(a) A name from a cousin.
(b) A name from a cherished sibling.
(c) A name from a grandparent.
(d) A name that meant something, like Nima's.

5. What does Nima think her father smells like?
(a) Maple.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Apples and smoke.
(d) Rice.

6. What does Nima briefly think she needs to tell her mother somehow in Part IV?
(a) Ahmed wants to leave Aisha.
(b) Ahmed is really an undercover American FBI agent.
(c) Ahmed is really a soldier.
(d) Ahmed is cheating on Aisha.

7. What does Nima ask Yasmeen to stop calling her?
(a) Cousin.
(b) Friend.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Sister.

8. What snack do Aisha and her friends pass around in "The Game"?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Dates.
(c) Nuts.
(d) Chocolates.

9. What does Nima refuse to let herself wonder in Part III?
(a) If Haitham is still alive.
(b) If her father is still alive.
(c) If her mother is still alive.
(d) Is Yasmeen will really be her sister.

10. Where does Nima go right after she gets off the bus?
(a) School.
(b) Home.
(c) A street festival.
(d) The library.

11. What does Hala tell Aisha in "Visitors"?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is moving to America.
(c) She got a new job.
(d) She is getting married.

12. What do Yasmeen and Nima use to try to get to shore?
(a) A tire.
(b) A raft.
(c) A floating piece of wood.
(d) A boat.

13. What do the people who hurt Haitham call him?
(a) Thief.
(b) Thug.
(c) Brother.
(d) Mohammed.

14. Who helps Haitham immediately after he is hurt?
(a) The priest.
(b) Nima.
(c) The shopkeeper.
(d) The police.

15. What starts happening to both Yasmeen and Nima during the game?
(a) They each start to become more solid.
(b) They each start to sing.
(c) They each start to feel pains.
(d) They each start to disappear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Haitham's father's name?

2. What does Nima remember her mother telling her in "The Stranger"?

3. Who is Nima most interested in observing from the past?

4. What does Nima think Haitham looks like in the hospital?

5. What is the term Khaltu Hala uses for the shop she sends Haitham to in Part III?

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