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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Razia and her friends end up calling their shared pet for short?
(a) Snowball.
(b) Mr. Fluff.
(c) Miss Kitten.
(d) Vashti.

2. What is Razia's main chore in her house?
(a) Brooming.
(b) Cooking.
(c) clearing cobwebs from the ceiling corners.
(d) Doing the laundry.

3. In the chapter "The Exorcist," what does Razia tell her mother is in Razia's room?
(a) A pigeon.
(b) A Rat.
(c) A lost dog.
(d) A Jinn.

4. What does Saima say that Razia has to sleep with if Razia is going to sleep over at Saima's house?
(a) A ghost.
(b) Mice.
(c) A frog that will sit on Razia's head.
(d) A spider that will crawl up Razia's legs.

5. Who pulls Razia's mother out of school on her first day?
(a) Razia's grandmother.
(b) Razia's Big Uncle.
(c) Razia's grandfather.
(d) Taibah Aunty.

6. At whose house does Razia say the vazes take place?
(a) Saima's house.
(b) The masjid.
(c) Hafiz Saab's house.
(d) Bahar's house.

7. What does the old Italian give to Razia and her friends?
(a) Books.
(b) Some money.
(c) Grapes.
(d) A kitten.

8. What prayer does Razia say over the buried thing?
(a) Wuzu.
(b) The Kalma.
(c) Al-ibadah.
(d) Ayatul Kursi.

9. Who climbs high into the tree to get the first ripe cherries?
(a) Razia's mom.
(b) Razia's father.
(c) The old Greek man.
(d) Saima.

10. How does Razia first describe Shahnaaz?
(a) The neighborhood bully.
(b) Razia's best friend.
(c) Kind and gentle.
(d) The most beautiful girl in the neighborhood.

11. Where do Taslima, Aliza and Razia go off to during Eid prayers?
(a) Toward Queensbridge.
(b) Toward the dinosaurs and the rest of the world's fair grounds.
(c) Toward the bodega where Razia buys milk.
(d) Toward Key Food supermarket.

12. What do Taslima and Aliza get Razia for a Christmas present?
(a) A clock radio.
(b) A new Salwar Kameez.
(c) A George Michael cassette.
(d) A book called From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.

13. What is the topic of this different movie that Razia has not seen before in school?
(a) World War II.
(b) AIDS.
(c) The fall of the Berlin Wall.
(d) Watergate trials.

14. What does Bahar's mother name her favorite stray dog?
(a) Tulley.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Benji.
(d) Lassie.

15. What story from the Quran does Razia's mother tell Razia and her friends?
(a) The story of the Tower of Babel.
(b) The story of Noah and the Flood.
(c) The story of Jonah and the Whale.
(d) The Creation story.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which fast food place does Taslima's father's work in as his first job?

2. What is Razia's father's profession in New York?

3. What does Taslima want to do at her house that would mean leaving the Vaz?

4. How do Saima and Razia get money?

5. What color is all the furniture is Razia's living room?

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