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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. Whose friend of Maryam's and Driss's was arrested long ago in Casablanca, spooking them?
(a) Brahim.
(b) Hakim.
(c) Julian.
(d) Dedi.

2. Who is the wife of the witness to the accident?
(a) Helen.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Marisela.
(d) Isabella.

3. Who is Efrain's cousin that was badly injured in a knife attack?
(a) Mirabella.
(b) Alonso.
(c) Elena.
(d) Luisa.

4. Where is Nora the night her father is killed?
(a) Oakland.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Philadelphia.

5. What is the name of Driss's business?
(a) The Purview.
(b) The Pantry.
(c) The Place.
(d) The Angle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Salma so bitter towards Nora in Part II?

2. In Part II, what does Nora share with Jeremy in high school that he never forgets?

3. Who is Nora's roommate?

4. Who is Salma's husband?

5. What does Nora find out her father ordered for a woman who was not her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Efrain hesitate to go the police as a witness to the hit-and-run?

2. Why does Nora remember her father's death with contradictory thoughts?

3. Who tries to persuade Efrain to go to the police with his information, and why?

4. What does Nora tell Jeremy that she feels about the money her father left her in Part II?

5. Why does Jeremy go to see Mary in Part II?

6. What early embarrassing experience does Maryam have in trying to speak to a stranger and make friends in Part I, during her early days in America?

7. Why does Salma become so bitter towards Nora in Part II?

8. Why does Nora get upset at Salma's husband Tareq for his suggestions early in Part I?

9. What is the condition Jeremy places on bailing Fierro out of jail?

10. How do Nora and Salma embarrass Maryam in Part II?

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