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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. Which of the following ends up as one of Sohrab and Darius’s teammates?
(a) Hossein
(b) Efraim.
(c) Suleiman.
(d) Behruz.
2. What kind of camera does Jamsheed use?
(a) DSLR.
(b) Mirrorless.
(c) Pinhole.
(d) SLR.
3. Which of the following does Darius receive as a Nowruz present from his uncles?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A jersey.
(c) A button-up shirt.
(d) Money.
4. Which of the following ends up as one of Sohrab and Darius’s teammates?
(a) Afsheen.
(b) Mehrabon.
(c) Jamsheed.
(d) Hossein.
5. The term “zandayi” carries which of the following meanings, per the novel?
(a) Mother’s sister.
(b) Father’s brother’s wife.
(c) Father’s sister.
(d) Mother’s brother’s wife.
Short Answer Questions
1. The comment that Laleh “looked down, hiding the roses blossoming on her cheeks” (232) offers an example of which of the following?
2. Per Darius, in which season of Star Trek: The Next Generation is “Captain’s Holiday?”
3. How old is Darius’s cousin Parviz?
4. Which of the following does Darius note is incorporated into Persian ice cream?
5. The comment that “It was the U.S.S. Enterprise of toaster ovens” (167) is an example of which of the following?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the three things Darius notes liking in Sohrab while walking with him and his family?
2. What is sekanjabin in the novel?
3. What reasons does Shirin give for not having taught Darius Farsi?
4. 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?
5. What is sky burial in the novel?
6. What is Persian Casual, in Darius’s estimation?
7. What mess does Darius note is left by the Bahrami Nowruz celebration?
8. 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?
9. Why, per Darius, is sumac served as an accompaniment to chelo kabob?
10. What does Darius confess to Sohrab that leads him to affirm that Laleh cannot take his place?
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