96 pages 3 hours read

Sara Saedi

Americanized: Rebel without a Green Card

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2018

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1. When Saedi’s parents leave Iran in 1982, what is the primary reason they choose to come to the United States?

A) Saedi’s parents know the United States is a wealthy country.

B) Saedi’s father attended college in the United States and they have relatives there that could host them.

C) Saedi’s mother has a sister in the Bay Area.

D) Saedi begs them to go to the United States, a country she has always wanted to visit.

2. Chapter 3 is titled “Sporting the Frida Kahlo.” What does this refer to?

A) Saedi’s unibrow

B) Saedi’s flower crown

C) Saedi’s upper lip hair

D) Saedi’s braided hair

3. Saedi’s parents are relaxed about her and her sisters’ independence, but they have limits. What is one example of their limits?

A) They do not allow Saedi out of the house after midnight.

B) They insist that Saedi not speak to boys without adult supervision.

C) They require Saedi to socialize with only Iranian teens.

D) They expect Saedi to dress conservatively and not expose cleavage.

4. Saedi’s romantic preoccupation with her high school crush, Evan Parker, prevents her from realizing that his experience with marijuana is different from hers. How is this so?