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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Kazem when he was unemployed during the Iranian hostage crisis?
(a) 51.
(b) 37.
(c) 58.
(d) 44.

2. What did Firoozeh come to believe the China was in Chapter 23?
(a) Good fortune.
(b) Authentic.
(c) Bad karma.
(d) Counterfeit.

3. Who was the apartment manager who attended the Bastille celebration with Firoozeh in Paris?
(a) Nina.
(b) Noelle.
(c) Neve.
(d) Nicole.

4. What did Francois' mother inquire about when Firoozeh told her of the earthquake in Chapter 23?
(a) The television.
(b) The china.
(c) A vase.
(d) A painting.

5. Who warned Kazem not to go to the celebration when President Carter hosted the Shah of Iran because of the planned protests?
(a) His mother.
(b) his father.
(c) His sons.
(d) His wife.

6. When was Kazem's favorite film, Treasure Island, produced?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1929.

7. Kazem's professor invited him home for Easter, along with what other guest?
(a) Charles Edouard Guillaume.
(b) Johannes Stark.
(c) Niels Henrik David Bohr.
(d) Albert Einstein.

8. After Kazem retired, he took up a new hobby of going on what kind of seminars?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Time-share.
(c) Stock market.
(d) Self improvement.

9. Who did Firoozeh first call after the earthquake in Chapter 23?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

10. Firoozeh's husband was of what religious faith?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Islamic.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Mormon.

11. What refers to a religious teaching, originating from India, which declares that by destroying greed, hatred, and delusion, which are the causes of all suffering, man can attain perfect enlightenment?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Confucianism.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Taoism.

12. What did Firoozeh do with the China in Chapter 23?
(a) Destroyed it.
(b) Donated it to an auction.
(c) Gave it to a friend.
(d) Sold it.

13. Firoozeh had always remembered the _____ at school who had the biggest nose she had ever seen.
(a) Principal.
(b) Art teacher.
(c) Librarian.
(d) Nurse.

14. During the Iranian hostage crisis, T-shirts were printed in America that said what?
(a) "Help us Ayatollah."
(b) "Iranians Go Home."
(c) "They did nothing."
(d) "Let them go."

15. Just before the final papers were signed for Kazem to take a job with a Saudi company in Chapter 19, Kazem was told the deal was off because company policy disallowed what?
(a) Having a moustache.
(b) Hiring men.
(c) Hiring Iranians.
(d) People without sufficient experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the religious text of Islam?

2. At what warehouse of food had Nematollah and Kazem filled up on free samples for lunch in Chapter 13?

3. Kazem had worked for the National Iranian Oil Company from the time he was how old?

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

5. Firoozeh wrote numerous essays for scholarships about her life and experiences, including when she acted as her mother's interpreter and when she volunteered to be what at a children's hospital?

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