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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many cubes of ice does Laleh take in her tea, by report?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

2. In the comment that “for a beautiful, poetic language, it sounded as harsh as Klingon when they fought” (79), which of the following is the antecedent to the pronoun “it”?
(a) Arabic.
(b) Farsi.
(c) Taarof.
(d) French.

3. Which of the following is among the names Laleh gives to the goldfish on the Kellner’s Haft-Seen?
(a) Starbuck.
(b) Ishmael.
(c) Ahab.
(d) Queequeg.

4. How long passed since Shirin saw Fariba in person when they reunite in the novel?
(a) 70 years.
(b) 22 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 17 years.

5. How old is Darius’s cousin Nazgol?
(a) 21.
(b) 17.
(c) 19.
(d) 23.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following trees lines the walkways of the public garden in Yazd Darius visits with Sohrab and his family?

2. The term “khiar” carries which of the following meanings, per the novel?

3. The comment that Darius “didn’t know how he did it. How he adapted himself to get along with all the Bahrami men, like a chameleon” (188) offers an example of which of the following?

4. Which of the following ends up as one of Sohrab and Darius’s teammates?

5. The phrase “chetori toh” carries which of the following meanings in the novel?

(see the answer key)

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