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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Twenty-Nine through Thirty-Two, Coda, and Back Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which of the following does Cyrus’s mother compare Leila?
(a) Bob Dylan.
(b) Willie Nelson.
(c) Joan Baez.
(d) Woodie Guthrie.

2. In what typeface is the novel set?
(a) Polytype Petrarch.
(b) Monotype Dante.
(c) Polytype Dante.
(d) Monotype Petrarch.

3. Which of the following does Cyrus cite to Orkideh?
(a) WEB Du Bois.
(b) Frederick Douglass.
(c) Jesse Jackson.
(d) Malcolm X.

4. Who writes Orkideh’s obituary?
(a) Cyrus.
(b) Orkideh.
(c) Ali.
(d) Sang Linh.

5. To which of the following is Gabe compared?
(a) Kurt Russell.
(b) Lee Marvin.
(c) Clint Eastwood.
(d) John Wayne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Ali’s death?

2. What medical student does Cyrus harangue?

3. Which of the following does Cyrus’s mother watch with Leila?

4. Per the novel, how does the Big Book refer to resentment?

5. How does the novel gloss the term “palliative”?

(see the answer key)

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