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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what Lord of the Rings character does Darius compare Trent?
(a) Frodo Baggins.
(b) Odo Proudfoot.
(c) Holman Cotton.
(d) Fatty Bolger.

2. Which faith does Sohrab practice?
(a) Secular humanism.
(b) Zoroastrianism.
(c) Bahá’í.
(d) Islam.

3. What color headscarf does Laleh wear to arrive in Iran?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Blue.
(d) Pink.

4. Where does Darius report his boss was born?
(a) Manila.
(b) Palayan.
(c) San Juan.
(d) Quezon City.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Darius report having been on Prozac?

2. The word “chador” means which of the following, per the novel?

3. Which of the following is among the sites recommended by the second Iranian customs officer Darius encounters?

4. What size shoe does Sohrab wear?

5. Which of the following is among the names Laleh gives to the goldfish on the Kellner’s Haft-Seen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What activity does Darius report undertaking with Laleh that she pretends not to like?

2. How does Darius relate his mother’s early misunderstanding of taarof with his father’s parents?

3. What reasons does Darius give for not eating falafel at home?

4. What does Darius identify as the two most humiliating moments in his life?

5. What reasons does Darius give for mistrusting his mother’s assertion that his eyes are beautiful?

6. What is meant by the phrase “Soulless Minions of Orthodoxy,” and who are prominent early examples of the phrase?

7. What reasons does Darius give for considering Jean-Luc Picard the best Star Trek captain?

8. Darius considers shouting at the second customs officer he encounters in Iran. What does he consider shouting, and why does he refrain from doing so?

9. What occasioned Stephen stopping the fire-jumping celebration, and what caused him to resume it?

10. What games are included in Darius’s “net sports” unit?

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