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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Front Matter and Chapters One through Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What medical student does Cyrus harangue?
(a) Bridich.
(b) Monfort.
(c) Schmidt.
(d) Feasel.

2. Ali brings with him from Iran his wife’s drawing of which of the following?
(a) A rhinoceros.
(b) A gnu.
(c) A giraffe.
(d) A honey badger.

3. What is the name of the coffee shop run by an AA member?
(a) Mike’s Coffee.
(b) Secret Stash.
(c) Black Bean Brew.
(d) Perk of the Job.

4. Which of the following had Cyrus borrowed and not returned?
(a) To the Lighthouse.
(b) Mrs. Dalloway.
(c) The Years.
(d) A Room of One’s Own.

5. What ship shot down Flight 655?
(a) USS Enterprise.
(b) USS Victory.
(c) USS Kerrville.
(d) USS Vincennes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who provides the epigraph to the novel?

2. What profession does Cyrus’s mother tell Lisa Simpson she had wanted to have?

3. To what city does Ali move himself and Cyrus?

4. From which of the following groups does Zee claim descent?

5. For which of the following roles is Cyrus asked to wear a hospital gown?

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