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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. The word “chador” means which of the following, per the novel?
(a) Headscarves and jackets.
(b) Large black robes.
(c) Fancy hats.
(d) Flowing, loose pants.

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

3. In what grade is Laleh?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Second.
(c) Third.
(d) First.

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

5. What size bed is Darius allotted in his grandparents’ house?
(a) Full.
(b) Twin.
(c) Queen.
(d) King.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Darius bring to read on the trip to Iran?

2. What color are the “truck nuts” left with Darius’s bicycle?

3. At what time does Darius wake to begin his trip to Iran?

4. The word “Chaharshanbeh” carries which of the following meanings in the novel?

5. What color are the curtains in the room Darius is allotted in his grandparents’ house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why, per Darius, does he not shower after gym class at his school?

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

3. Near the end of “Bette Davis Eyes,” what does Darius report wanting and failing to tell Ardeshir?

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

5. What reasons does Darius give for disliking pu-erh tea?

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

7. What was the game of Turbolift Door Darius used to play, and why did he stop playing it?

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

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

10. Why does Darius consider Javaneh brave?

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