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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is the Iranian New Year celebrated?
(a) June 10, 11, or 12.
(b) March 20, 21 or 22.
(c) January 2, 3, or 4.
(d) October 29, 30, or 31.

2. What refers to a program of competitive, merit-based grants for international educational exchange for students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientists and artists, founded in 1946?
(a) International Aid.
(b) Rhodes Scholarship.
(c) Fulbright Scholarship.
(d) Oxford Scholarship.

3. In addition to turkey and dressing, what did Firoozeh's family eat at Thanksgiving?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Traditional Persian dishes.
(c) Salmon.
(d) Cheeseburgers.

4. Who would pay for the travel expenses for those who attended the celebration when President Carter hosted the Shah of Iran?
(a) The Red Cross.
(b) The U.S. Government.
(c) The Shah of Iran.
(d) The Salvation Army.

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 wife.
(c) His sons.
(d) his father.

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

7. What is the name of the New Year in Iranian calendars and the corresponding traditional celebrations?
(a) Nowruz.
(b) Wruzon.
(c) Nuzrow.
(d) Wrozun.

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

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

10. When Kazem was in graduate school in America, he grew to love ham and what food?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Bratwurst.
(c) Jello.
(d) Ice cream.

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

12. Who wrote the book Treasure Island?
(a) Jules Verne.
(b) Lewis Carroll.
(c) Henrik Ibsen.
(d) Robert Louis Stevenson.

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

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

15. What does Shah translate to?
(a) King of holiness.
(b) King of the universe.
(c) King of men.
(d) King of kings.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the Iranian hostage crisis, T-shirts were printed in America that said what?

2. Who did Kazem list his birthday as the same as, since he didn't know his?

3. Where was the Persian ceremony of Francois and Firoozeh's wedding held?

4. Who starred in the film Treasure Island as Jim Hawkins?

5. The first prize in the competition Firoozeh entered in which the participants had to prepare a speech in French was spending 2 months at what school in France?

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