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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 does Darius note is incorporated into Persian ice cream?

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

3. The term “Faravahar” carries which of the following meanings in the novel?

4. Per Darius, in which season of Star Trek: The Next Generation is “Captain’s Holiday?”

5. To where had Ali-Reza been set to move?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What reasons does Shirin give for not having taught Darius Farsi?

3. Why does Darius realize Sohrab had been surprised he had not agreed to visit him on the day after Nowruz?

4. Why does Darius end up feeling sorry for Ali-Reza?

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

6. What does Darius confess to Sohrab that leads him to affirm that Laleh cannot take his place?

7. What are the three things Darius notes liking in Sohrab while walking with him and his family?

8. What reasons does Darius give for being jealous of Sohrab at the Bahrami Nowruz party?

9. What occasions does Darius note prompt serving chelo kabob at his home?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the following:

“‘Wow,’ I breathed.

“It felt like the kind of place where you were supposed to whisper.

“‘You say that a lot.’

“‘Sorry.’

“‘Don’t be. I like it’” (246).

To what “it” does the last line refer? Why might Sohrab like it? What in the novel indicates that reason, and how does it do so?

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

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?

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