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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. What color of cleats does Darius procure for Sohrab?
2. Which of the following is noted as a source for the fire in the Atashkadeh?
3. Which of the following does Darius receive as a Nowruz present from his uncles?
4. Which of the following trees lines the walkways of the public garden in Yazd Darius visits with Sohrab and his family?
5. The term “manteaux” carries which of the following meanings, per the novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why, per Darius, is sumac served as an accompaniment to chelo kabob?
2. Why, per Darius, is kabob koobideh “the most suspicious-looking” of Persian foods (259-60)?
3. 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?
4. What reasons does Shirin give for not having taught Darius Farsi?
5. What occasions does Darius note prompt serving chelo kabob at his home?
6. What reasons does Darius note for identifying Sohrab as a good listener at the Bahrami Nowruz celebration?
7. What does Darius wonder about Ardeshir as he helps him set up card tables for serving chelo kabob?
8. What is Persian Casual, in Darius’s estimation?
9. What are the three things Darius notes liking in Sohrab while walking with him and his family?
10. Why does Darius note that Stephen’s chin scratches 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
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?
Essay Topic 3
Consider Darius’s thought that “For Fariba Bahrami, love was an opportunity, not a burden” (75). How can love serve as either opportunity or burden? What in the novel and in experience supports the interpretation? How does it do so?
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