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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From whom does Julio steal flowers?
(a) The Greek couple.
(b) The Korean grandmother.
(c) The Old Italian.
(d) The young Spanish woman.

2. What is Razia's community religious leader called?
(a) Sunnah Hadith.
(b) Sahib.
(c) Hafiz Saab.
(d) Nasr Zainab.

3. What does Razia see when she looks into the old Italian's yard?
(a) A yard full of old couches.
(b) A yard full of sculptures.
(c) A shoebox.
(d) A yard full of car parts.

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

5. Who gave Aliza a clock radio?
(a) Taibah Aunty.
(b) Her father.
(c) Bahar's mother.
(d) Shafiq Uncle.

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

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

8. What is the second job that Razia's father gets?
(a) Teaching English as a second language.
(b) Subway electrician.
(c) Night shift at a hospital lab.
(d) Security guard.

9. What book does Razia's father try to give to the Jehovah's Witnesses?
(a) The Quran.
(b) The Injil.
(c) The Zabur.
(d) The Torah.

10. How does Razia's mother plan to get rid of the roaches in their home?
(a) Sticky traps.
(b) With a roach fumigator.
(c) Luring them outside with food.
(d) By playing a high pitched tone that roaches are repelled by.

11. What 80's pop star does Razia want to marry?
(a) George Michael.
(b) Bryan Adams.
(c) Huey Lewis.
(d) David Bowie.

12. Who saves Taslima and Razia from their pursuers?
(a) The bodega shop ower.
(b) Razia's father.
(c) Bahar's mother and Razia's mother.
(d) Lucy.

13. What religion does Razia's friend Lucy follow?
(a) Protestantism.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Unitarianism.
(d) Judaism.

14. What is the name of Razia's neighborhood?
(a) Red Hook.
(b) Astoria.
(c) Hob Hill.
(d) Corona.

15. What language does Saima's mother mostly speak?
(a) Hindi.
(b) Pashto.
(c) Arbi.
(d) Urdu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of poetry does Taslima's father read?

2. Who wants to help Razia bury the thing she wants to bury?

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

4. Where does Razia hide in the first few months of her mother's sadness?

5. The person that Taibah Aunty takes Razia to see gives her something to drink. What is the word used to for that drink?

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