Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Firoozeh Dumas
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Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Firoozeh Dumas
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25 and 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, in Iran, what on a girl cannot be overcome even by intelligence, wit, or charm?
(a) Ugly lips.
(b) An ugly nose.
(c) An ugly chin.
(d) Ugly ears.

2. Kazem had worked himself up from intern to what at the National Iranian Oil Company?
(a) CEO.
(b) Night manager.
(c) Project Manager.
(d) President.

3. What refers to both the head covering traditionally worn by Muslim women and modest Muslim styles of dress in general?
(a) Tunic.
(b) Burka.
(c) Hijab.
(d) Barakah.

4. What was the U.S. Embassy labeled by the Iranian students who held it hostage?
(a) Bunker of Assassins.
(b) Castle of Infidels.
(c) Fort of Doom.
(d) Den of Spies.

5. Where did Firoozeh take a boring and joyless part-time job to save money for college in Chapter 20?
(a) A parking garage.
(b) A shopping mall.
(c) A gas station.
(d) Movie theater concessions booth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had the teacher thought Firoozeh was from when she was supposed to speak to a class about her homeland in Chapter 7?

2. What did schoolchildren call Firoozeh when she was young?

3. How old was Nazireh when she married?

4. How late was Kazem's letter of scholarship in the mail in Chapter 15?

5. What is the name of the New Year in Iranian calendars and the corresponding traditional celebrations?

(see the answer key)

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