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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Nima's best friend?
(a) Haitham.
(b) Aisha.
(c) Hala.
(d) Fatima.

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

3. What do Nima and her best friend often watch?
(a) News.
(b) Cartoons.
(c) Old movies.
(d) New sit-coms.

4. At the end of Part II, what does Nima plan to tell her mother when Aisha gets home from work?
(a) Nothing.
(b) She wants to be an artist.
(c) She is sorry for everything.
(d) She is moving out.

5. Who asks Nima and her best friend what they do all day?
(a) Their teachers.
(b) Mama Fatheya.
(c) Their other friends.
(d) Their fathers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nima know her mother once considered naming her?

2. How many pyramids does the teacher in "Pyramids" tell the class their home country still has?

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

4. Who does Nima sometimes imagine she is?

5. What did Nima like to wrap herself in when she was little?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one major factor Haitham and Nima have in common?

2. What happens when Nima is harassed by a group of white boys at school?

3. Why does Nima think her own name is somewhat ironic?

4. In "Halloween," what does Haitham tell the kids making fun of Nima?

5. In "Haitham" (pg. 43), what does Mama Fatheya tell Nima and Haitham about loud singing after sundown?

6. In "Haitham" (55), what begins the fight between Haitham and Nima?

7. Why does Aisha name Nima "Nima" instead of "Yasmeen" ?

8. Why does Khaltu Hala give Nima a pearl ring?

9. In "Videos," what embarrasses Nima terribly in front of her mother?

10. Why does Haitham call Nima a "Nostalgia Monster"?

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