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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 “my stomach jiggled like some sort of gelatinous non-humanoid life-form” (251) offers an example of which of the following?
2. The comment that “It’s like Springfield back in the United States: There is one in every province” (240) offers an example of which of the following?
3. The term “manteaux” carries which of the following meanings, per the novel?
4. What does Darius report is his psychiatrist’s saying about depression?
5. On which of the following does Part Three begin?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why, per Darius, is kabob koobideh “the most suspicious-looking” of Persian foods (259-60)?
2. What mess does Darius note is left by the Bahrami Nowruz celebration?
3. What does Darius confess to Sohrab that leads him to affirm that Laleh cannot take his place?
4. Why does Darius note that Stephen’s chin scratches him?
5. Why, as Darius asserts to Sohrab at the Bahrami Nowruz celebration, is Stephen unhappy with him?
6. Why does Darius begin to get angry with Laleh as they leave Ashkan’s store?
7. What is sky burial 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. Why, as Darius asserts to Sohrab at the Bahrami Nowruz celebration, does he think Stephen does not love him?
10. What reason does Stephen give for having stopped telling Darius stories?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
At some points, Darius notes the coincidence of Farsi and French words—“maman” and “merci”—though he notes, too, that information about those connections is not forthcoming. What reason does the novel suggest for the reticence? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 3
Darius remarks (191) that “He [Stephen] told me people wouldn’t pick on me so much if I was more normal. What does that even mean?” What is “normal” in this context? How do you know? Is Stephen’s comment accurate? Why or why not, per the novel and experience?
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