With a Little Help From My Friends - Practice Quiz

What did the author’s mother do just before her family returned to Iran?

• She sold their furniture in a yard sale.

• She gave gift to her American aquaintences.

• She answered questions in interviews.

• She baked brownies and cupcakes for everyone she knew.

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How did the family respond to the realization that most Americans thought Iran was the country they had seen in the movie Lawrence of Arabia?

• They asked to go see the movie with them.

• They were excited that there was a movie about their people.

• They complained that the movie

• They explained that Iranians were an Indo-European people, not Arabs

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How does the author of “With a Little Help From My Friends” feel toward America?

• She is afraid of Americans.

• She is fond of America.

• She is jealous of America.

• She resents Americans.

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What was the author’s main reason for writing “With a Little Help From My Friends”?

• to show how mutual respect continues to exist between ordinary Americans and Iranians

• to show how the relationship between ordinary Americans and Iranians has changed

• to show that Americans and Iranians have always gotten along.

• to show how ordinary Americans and Iranians have always distrusted one another

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What does proximity mean?

• close by something

• away from something

• around the corner

• upside down

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What does correspondents mean?

• people who write cookbooks

• people who write novels

• people who report the news

• people who do illustrations for magazines

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What is an interpreter?

• someone who owns their own business

• a road that travels between states

• someone who does security for an important person

• someone who translates information so a person can understand what is being said.

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Which word describes the tone, or attitude, that the author of “With a Little Help From My Friends” expresses in her story?

• tense

• amused

• angry

• resentful

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What does the author’s mother think of Americans?

• She distrusts Americans.

• She hates Americans.

• She likes Americans.

• She resents Americans.

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Which of the following details from the story shows that this is a memoir?

• I was lucky to have come to America years before the political upheaval in Iran.

• Since the government issues textbooks, every student studies the same material in the same grade.

• American minds were narrow minded when talking about Iran.

• They saw Americans who had bumper stickers on their cars that read “Iranians: Go Home."

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