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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. In what city does Soheil live?
(a) Shiraz.
(b) Yazd.
(c) Tehran.
(d) Persepolis.

2. The word “baleh” carries which of the following meanings, per the novel?
(a) Yes.
(b) Maybe.
(c) I don't know.
(d) No.

3. What cause of death is given for Sohrab’s father?
(a) Hanged.
(b) Bludgeoned.
(c) Stabbed.
(d) Shot.

4. Which of the following ends up as one of Sohrab and Darius’s teammates?
(a) Soheil.
(b) Ali-Reza.
(c) Armin.
(d) Asghar.

5. What is Darius’s middle name?
(a) Oscar.
(b) Elmo.
(c) Bert.
(d) Grover.

Short Answer Questions

1. The comment that “The house felt cozy, like a Hobbit-hole” (206) offers an example of which of the following?

2. How many sons does Jamsheed have?

3. The novel suggests that the phrase “afiat basheh” is equivalent to which of the following?

4. The term “noon-e sangak” carries which of the following meanings, per the novel?

5. How tall is the baad gir in Yazd?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Darius give for being jealous of Sohrab at the Bahrami Nowruz party?

2. Why, as Darius asserts to Sohrab at the Bahrami Nowruz celebration, does he think Stephen does not love him?

3. In the group soccer game Darius and Sohrab play against Ali-Reza and Hossein, there is a metaphor in the opposing team’s goal being “completely undefended” against Sohrab’s play (247)? What is the vehicle to the undefended goal’s tenor, and how is it connected?

4. What are the three things Darius notes liking in Sohrab while walking with him and his family?

5. What is sekanjabin in the novel?

6. What litter does Darius note as he flees from the Rezaei home?

7. In the group soccer game Darius and Sohrab play against Ali-Reza and Hossein, the earlier epithet for Dairus, “Ayatollah,” is repeated but reimagined or reappropriated (249). What was its original meaning, as applied to Darius, and what is its reappropriated meaning?

8. What is the irony of Darius complaining to Sohrab about Stephen?

9. What is sky burial in the novel?

10. Why does Darius begin to get angry with Laleh as they leave Ashkan’s store?

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