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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many daughters does Jamsheed have?

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?

3. What color is the car in front of the Rezaei house when Darius arrives after the death of Sohrab’s father?

4. How many opponents do Ali-Reza and Hossein have when Darius and Sohrab join them a second time?

5. What team is represented on the jersey Sohrab gives Darius?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is sky burial in the novel?

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

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

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

6. Why, as Darius asserts to Sohrab at the Bahrami Nowruz celebration, is Stephen unhappy with him?

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

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

9. What reasons does Darius note for identifying Sohrab as a good listener at the Bahrami Nowruz celebration?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, Darius notes some embarrassment whenever he is asked whether he has a girlfriend. Why might he be thusly embarrassed? What in the novel supports that answer? How does it support the answer?

Essay Topic 2

Darius considers the following:

“I wondered if all fathers secretly wanted to kill their sons. Just a little bit.

“Maybe that explained Stephen Kellner.

“Maybe it did” (89).

Is Darius’s wondering correct within the context of the novel? What in the text indicates whether it is or not? How does it do so.

Essay Topic 3

Consider the following exchange between Stephen and Darius:

“It’s my hair, Dad,” I said. “Why is it such a big deal to you, anyway?”

“Because it’s ridiculous. Did you ever thing that you wouldn’t get picked on so much if you weren’t so…”

Dad worked his jaw back and forth.

“So what, Dad”

But he didn’t answer.

What could he possibly say? (42-43)

What was Stephen about to say, but refrained from saying? What in the novel and in experience affirms that answer? How does it do so?

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