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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What game do Nima and her best friend play from their apartment in Part I?
2. What does Aisha say when Nima asks why she still wears her headscarf?
3. What does Mama Fatheya often watch on television?
4. How many pyramids does the teacher in "Pyramids" tell the class their home country still has?
5. Who does Nima ask about jinns in Part II?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "The Photograph," who does Nima always admire and long for?
2. What does Aisha say when Nima asks her why she has not stopped wearing her headscarf?
3. What does Nima tell her mother is really wrong with her in "Ghosts"?
4. What happens in "The Airport" that Nima always remembers as hurting her mother deeply?
5. Why does Aisha name Nima "Nima" instead of "Yasmeen" ?
6. Why does Haitham call Nima a "Nostalgia Monster"?
7. In "School," why does Nima beg her mother to stop sending leftovers to school for her?
8. In "Bathwater," what startling thing happens to Nima in the bath?
9. What does Nima think of her friendship with Haitham?
10. What does Mama Fatheya tell Nima about her own birth in "Calling Haitham"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What recollections of their time together in the past and the spirit world do Nima and Yasmeen have at the end of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
What significance does Elhillo assign and describe to Arabic and Arabic speaking in terms of Nima's and Haitham's relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
How and why does Elhillo steadily build on descriptions of the anti-Muslim, xenophobic attitudes and behaviors Nima, Haitham, and their families experience? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
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