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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What television show does Razia's mom always watch?
(a) East Enders.
(b) Days of Our Lives.
(c) The Young and the Restless.
(d) Home and Away.

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

3. In the chapter "The Exorcist," where is the only place that Razia feels safe outside her home?
(a) The YMCA.
(b) The record store.
(c) The Library.
(d) The art museum.

4. In which part of New York does Shahnaaz's family buy another gas station?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Long Island.
(c) Rochester.
(d) Manhattan.

5. In front of which building does the Pakistani community gather to read the Eid namaaz?
(a) The Guggenheim Museum of Art.
(b) Queens Museum of Art.
(c) Museum of the Moving Image.
(d) Manhattan Central Library.

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

7. What is the movie that Razia says her class watches all the time?
(a) The Jazz Singer.
(b) Tarzan
(c) Cannonball Run.
(d) The Red Balloon.

8. What is the name of the morning prayer in Islam?
(a) Shacharit.
(b) Fajr.
(c) Asr.
(d) Isha.

9. What is the dish that Bahar and Aliza prepare to be eaten as soon as the aunties finish reading their sections of Quran?
(a) Chawal.
(b) Lassi.
(c) Saleem.
(d) Nihari.

10. Where did Razia's mother steal fruit from when she was a little girl?
(a) The market.
(b) Her neighbor's yard.
(c) The school orchard.
(d) The baker's cellar.

11. What is the name of Saima's uncle who gets a job with Razia's father?
(a) Hamza.
(b) Azim.
(c) Bilal.
(d) Imram.

12. Where does Aliza say she wants to go to college?
(a) Stony Brook
(b) Baruch College
(c) New York University.
(d) Hunter College

13. Who wants to help Razia bury the thing she wants to bury?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Julio.
(c) Saima.
(d) Shahnaaz.

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

15. Where does Razia hide in the first few months of her mother's sadness?
(a) At Lucy's house.
(b) Under the grapevines.
(c) In the cherry tree.
(d) At Saima's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the mayor when the recycling program is announced?

2. What does Razia need matches for in Chapter 2, "Skin"?

3. Who is the principal at Razia's school?

4. What is the name of the traditional south Asian clothes does Razia wear?

5. What does Azim do that makes Razia's mother angry at him and at Saima's mother?

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