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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. Which of the following ends up as one of Sohrab and Darius’s teammates?
2. 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?
3. Which of the following does Darius note is incorporated into Persian ice cream?
4. How old is Darius’s cousin Parviz?
5. How old is Darius’s cousin Nazgol?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What is the irony of Darius complaining to Sohrab about Stephen?
3. What is sekanjabin in the novel?
4. What does Darius confess to Sohrab that leads him to affirm that Laleh cannot take his place?
5. What reasons does Shirin give for not having taught Darius Farsi?
6. What occasions does Darius note prompt serving chelo kabob at his home?
7. Why does Darius realize Sohrab had been surprised he had not agreed to visit him on the day after Nowruz?
8. What reasons does Darius give for being jealous of Sohrab at the Bahrami Nowruz party?
9. What reason does Stephen give for having stopped telling Darius stories?
10. Why, as Darius asserts to Sohrab at the Bahrami Nowruz celebration, is Stephen unhappy with him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Darius notes the following:
“No one had ever made people speak in English around me before.
“Not even Mom” (235).
What is the significance of Sohrab insisting on English with Darius? Why is it significant?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
At the end of “Chelo Kabob,” Stephen appears to reach an accord with his father- and brothers-in-law during a conversation about grilling (261). Why would the topic serve such a function? What in the novel and in experience indicates as much? How does it do so?
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