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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 comment that Darius “didn’t know how he did it. How he adapted himself to get along with all the Bahrami men, like a chameleon” (188) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Kenning.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

2. In a comment that “the park near the Jameh Mosque […] was becoming our spot” (235), the “our” refers to Darius and which of the following?
(a) Shirin.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Laleh.
(d) Sohrab.

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

4. Which of the following does Nazgol try to feed Darius along with chelo kabob?
(a) Radish.
(b) Cucmber.
(c) Zucchini.
(d) Tomato

5. The novel suggests that the phrase “afiat basheh” is equivalent to which of the following?
(a) “Pardon me” following moving past somebody.
(b) “Bless you” following a sneeze.
(c) “Make a hole” in a crowded area.
(d) “Excuse me” following a belch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is outside of the baad gir in Yazd?

2. On which of the following does Part Three begin?

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

4. Who is Jamsheed’s partner at the Nowruz Rook game?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Persian Casual, in Darius’s estimation?

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

3. Why does Darius realize Sohrab had been surprised he had not agreed to visit him on the day after Nowruz?

4. What is sky burial in the novel?

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

6. What does Darius note that he likes best of all in Sohrab?

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. Why, per Darius, is sumac served as an accompaniment to chelo kabob?

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

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

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