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1. Assessment

2. Firoozeh Dumas's described her life as a child in America as one long-running Oprah Show Dumas described American minds as a "tabulae rasa" which means . . . blank slate, minds free from preconceived ideas What is the meaning of the word proximity in this phrase: "proximity to Afghanistan and Iraq"? closeness

3. "driving a Yugo and realizing that an eighteen-wheeler can't see you" is a metaphor that she used to describe . . . living as an immigrant from Iran in America and realizing that America is so big and powerful that they do not even notice your home country When Dumas jokes about putting war correspondents out of business, who would be put out of business? writers for newspapers and television programs An oil-rich country once-known as Persia is . . . Iran

4. Political upheaval means . . . sudden and violent turning over of groups or parties in government The way that Iranians described cats dirty animals that live on the street How did most Americans treat Dumas and her family during their first year in the United States - BEFORE the political upheaval in Iran? They were kind and welcoming and they always helped her and her family. What joke did Dumas play on the boys who bothered her to teach them bad words in her native language? She taught them the words man kharam , which means "I'm an Idiot" in Farsi

5. How the author described American families in 1970s curious, clueless, and kind What surprised the young Dumas about Americans' knowledge of geography? American kids didn't know where anything was but when she was in school in Iran they had to learn a lot about geography. What did the author think would happen to the gifts from Dumas' mother to the families of her American friends? "probably turned up in garage sales the following year"