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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. The comment that Laleh “looked down, hiding the roses blossoming on her cheeks” (232) offers an example of which of the following?
2. The comment that “my stomach jiggled like some sort of gelatinous non-humanoid life-form” (251) offers an example of which of the following?
3. How many opponents do Ali-Reza and Hossein have when Darius and Sohrab join them a second time?
4. The term “zandayi” carries which of the following meanings, per the novel?
5. The word “baleh” carries which of the following meanings, per the novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reasons does Shirin give for not having taught Darius Farsi?
2. What occasions does Darius note prompt serving chelo kabob at his home?
3. In the baad gir in Yazd, Darius is taken by what he sees. What is it that he sees?
4. Why, per Darius, is sumac served as an accompaniment to chelo kabob?
5. 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?
6. What are the three things Darius notes liking in Sohrab while walking with him and his family?
7. What is sekanjabin in the novel?
8. 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?
9. What does Darius note that he likes best of all in Sohrab?
10. What reasons does Darius note for identifying Sohrab as a good listener at 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
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?
Essay Topic 3
Darius muses on the word “Aryan” and its multiple—and multiply uncomfortable—meanings (13-14). What other words have such shades of meaning in the novel? What in the text indicates those meanings, and how does it do so?
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