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

2. Which of Aisha's friends really seem to dislike each other?
(a) Hala and Amal.
(b) Mama Fatheya and Loti.
(c) Amal and Fatima.
(d) Hala and Fatima.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has happened to Haitham in Part III?

3. What starts happening to both Yasmeen and Nima during the game?

4. What does Nima see in "The Driveway" that she knows might save her?

5. What does Nima think her father smells like?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nima feel about losing Yasmeen in "Alone"?

2. In "Haitham" (116), what does Nima learn about Haitham's father?

3. In "Room," what happens to Hala?

4. What does Nima do in "The Water"?

5. What does Nima watch her mother teaching others how to do in Part III?

6. In "Hala" (133), what do the police do to Hala?

7. What does Yasmeen try to do to Nima that shocks Nima in Part IV?

8. How does Nima save Yasmeen's life in Part IV?

9. Who ends up paying for Nima's food in Part III?

10. Why does Nima's father waver in his relationship to Aisha?

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