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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 trees lines the walkways of the public garden in Yazd Darius visits with Sohrab and his family?
(a) Oak.
(b) Fir.
(c) Walnut.
(d) Palm.

2. Which of the following trees lines the walkways of the public garden in Yazd Darius visits with Sohrab and his family?
(a) Palm.
(b) Cypress.
(c) Oak.
(d) Walnut.

3. The comparison Darius makes between Nowruz and Christmas at the beginning of “My Cousin, the Ringwraith” is an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Kenning.
(d) Conceit.

4. With which of the following does Darius bribe Laleh as the Bahramis approach the Towers of Silence?
(a) Lavoshak.
(b) Faludeh.
(c) Qottab.
(d) Pashmak.

5. The term “Faravahar” carries which of the following meanings in the novel?
(a) Hanged man.
(b) Standing man.
(c) Seated man.
(d) Winged man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Darius note is incorporated into Persian ice cream?

2. The term “khiar” carries which of the following meanings, per the novel?

3. In the comment, “It’s like he’s always making things hard on himself” (195), the antecedent for the pronoun “he” is which of the following?

4. Which of the following does Darius call “one of the most common place-names in Iran” (240)?

5. To what prison was Sohrab’s father transferred?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Darius note that Stephen’s chin scratches him?

2. In the baad gir in Yazd, Darius is taken by what he sees. What is it that he sees?

3. Why, per Darius, is kabob koobideh “the most suspicious-looking” of Persian foods (259-60)?

4. What mess does Darius note is left by the Bahrami Nowruz celebration?

5. What is sekanjabin in the novel?

6. 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?

7. Why does Darius end up feeling sorry for Ali-Reza?

8. What reason does Stephen give for having stopped telling Darius stories?

9. What does Darius wonder about Ardeshir as he helps him set up card tables for serving chelo kabob?

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

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