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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color are the curtains in the room Darius is allotted in his grandparents’ house?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

2. Which of the following is Darius wearing upon exiting Customs into Iran?
(a) Long-sleeved T-shirt.
(b) Short-sleeved T-shirt.
(c) Sweatshirt.
(d) Hoodie.

3. What work does Darius cite as the origin of the name “Sohrab”?
(a) The Kojiki.
(b) The Shahnahmeh.
(c) The Upanishads.
(d) The Silmarillion.

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

5. What color are the “truck nuts” left with Darius’s bicycle?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

6. How many siblings does Sohrab report having?
(a) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

7. What school does Darius attend?
(a) Chapel Hill Middle School.
(b) Franklin High School.
(c) Lincoln High School.
(d) Chapel Hill High School.

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

9. What physical feature does Darius report sharing with Stephen Kellner?
(a) Jawline.
(b) Hair color.
(c) Build.
(d) Eye color.

10. What does Darius report Stephen regards as the best trick-or-treat candy?
(a) Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.
(b) Money.
(c) Raisins.
(d) Reese’s Pieces.

11. Which of the following is the name of the nurse at Darius’s school?
(a) Ms. Nightingale.
(b) Ms. Ogawa.
(c) Ms. Rachet.
(d) Ms. Killinger.

12. The phrase “pedar sag” carries which of the following meanings, per the novel?
(a) Your mother is ugly.
(b) Your father is a dog.
(c) Your mother is a dog.
(d) Your father smells of elderberries.

13. The work “nakon” carries which of the following meanings, per the novel?
(a) Please.
(b) Do.
(c) Thank you.
(d) Don't.

14. Why, in “Truck Nuts,” is Stephen obliged to brake while driving?
(a) In order to avoid running a red light.
(b) In order to avoid running over a toddler.
(c) He isn’t.
(d) In order to avoid running on empty.

15. Under which of the following does the car that takes Darius from the Tehran airport to his grandparents’ house park upon arrival?
(a) An awning.
(b) A spreading dome.
(c) A walnut tree.
(d) The open sky.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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 “they”?

2. How long does Darius report having been flying to get from Oregon to Iran?

3. The word “amou” means which of the following, per the novel?

4. What is the name of Darius’s gym teacher?

5. The word “salaam” means which of the following, per the novel?

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