"With a Little Help From My Friends"

How does the author feel about America?

• She likes it.

• She's afraid of it.

• She hates it.

• She's jealous of it.

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Why did the author's father always try to tell Americans about petroleum?

• He thought Americans were jealous of Iran's petroleum resources.

• He worked for a petroleum company and liked talking about his work.

• They were interested in hearing how Iran's petroleum industry developed.

• He wanted them to know that Iran was a modern country with a successful petroleum industry.

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

• She gave gifts to all her American friends.

• She baked cupcakes for the author's class at school.

• She sold the gifts from her American friends at a garage sale.

• She tried to educate her American neighbors about Iran's geography.

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How did the Dumas family respond to Americans thinking Iran was the country they had seen in the movie "Lawrence of Arabia"?

• They asked their neighbors to explain what happens in the movie.

• They explained that Iranians are Indo-European people, not Arabs.

• They congratulated their friends for seeing a movie about a great Iranian.

• They complained that the movie inaccurately presented them as a rural people.

What is most likely one of the author's main reasons for writing "With a Little Help From My Friends"?

• to show how ordinary Americans and Iranians have always tried to get along.

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

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

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

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Which of the following would a person likely want to be in close "proximity"?

• a plane crash

• a skunk

• a friend

• a landfill

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What are "correspondents"?

• People who participate in events

• Citizens wanting to know information about tragic events

• Politicians running for office

• Journalists who report for a news agency

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When would a person need an "interpreter"?

• when visiting a foreign country where the person doesn't speak the native language

• when introducing two people from different towns who have never met before

• when enrolling in school where the person does not know any of the students

• when beginning a new job where the person does not know what is expected of him or her

Why does the author say she was lucky to come to America before the political upheaval in Iran?

• Iranians couldn't move to the US after the upheaval.

• Iranians were treated poorly after the upheaval.

• Iranians were happier after the upheaval.

• Iranians were captured after the upheaval.

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Which of the following words best describes the tone, or attitude, that the author expresses in her story?

• Angry

• Tense

• Amused

• Mysterious

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