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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. What prayer does Arash note had been his favorite?
(a) Fajr.
(b) Isha.
(c) Asr.
(d) Maghrib.

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

3. After whom does Arash long?
(a) Kira.
(b) Mira.
(c) Meena.
(d) Lyra.

4. Which of the following does Cyrus quote to Zee?
(a) Milosz.
(b) Szymborska.
(c) Różewicz.
(d) Giedroyc.

5. Which of the following does Cyrus’s imagined young brother claim to love?
(a) Pistachios.
(b) Pecans.
(c) Walnuts.
(d) Hazelnuts.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what Chicago team’s logo is the lighter marked that Cyrus considers using to burn himself?

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

3. To which of the following does Zee compare himself and Cyrus?

4. Cyrus compares Sang Linh’s hair to which of the following?

5. How does the novel render the term “negargari”?

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