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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what location does Cyrus attend AA meetings?
(a) 720 Club.
(b) Bouldin.
(c) Camp5.
(d) Highway House.

2. How does the novel translate the term “bademjan”?
(a) Tomato.
(b) Tuber.
(c) Eggplant.
(d) Banana.

3. To which of the following does the hospital contrast Cyrus?
(a) Charlie Sheen.
(b) Marlon Brando.
(c) James Dean.
(d) Rock Hudson.

4. Which of the following groups’ work had Cyrus’s mother intended to take to Arash?
(a) Black Cats.
(b) Blue Birds.
(c) Whitesnake.
(d) Red Dogs.

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

6. Which of the following does Cyrus quote at Gabe?
(a) Cortázar.
(b) Márquez.
(c) Kodama.
(d) Borges.

7. What art style does Orkideh claim Persia developed before any European?
(a) Cubism.
(b) Fauvism.
(c) Expressionism.
(d) Surrealism.

8. About which of the following is the first excerpt of Cyrus’s project the novel presents?
(a) Bobby Sands.
(b) Qu Yuan.
(c) Bhagat Singh.
(d) Hypatia of Alexandria.

9. Which of the following does Ali buy for himself and Cyrus?
(a) Wide-mouth Willy Whale.
(b) Furby.
(c) Teddy Ruxpin.
(d) Big Mouth Billy Bass.

10. What term is used to label habitual Iranian politeness norms?
(a) Keigo.
(b) Takalluf.
(c) Taarof.
(d) Obsequy.

11. To which of the following does Zee compare himself and Cyrus?
(a) Johnny Appleseed.
(b) John Henry.
(c) Ichabod Crane.
(d) Pecos Bill.

12. What hourly rate does Cyrus earn for his work at the hospital?
(a) $25.
(b) $20.
(c) $15.
(d) $10.

13. What profession does Cyrus’s mother tell Lisa Simpson she had wanted to have?
(a) Geologist designer.
(b) Oceanographer florist.
(c) Ponerologist baker.
(d) Demographer flautist.

14. On what date is Cyrus born?
(a) May 11, 1994.
(b) March 13, 1988.
(c) June 10, 1992.
(d) April 12, 1986.

15. How tall is Cyrus?
(a) 6’6”.
(b) 6’0”.
(c) 5’6”.
(d) 6’3”.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of tobacco does Sad James use?

2. With what flower is the beginning of the Iranian Revolution associated in the novel?

3. Which of the following had Cyrus been dating when he met Zee?

4. On what holiday does Ali call Arash?

5. Ali brings with him from Iran his wife’s drawing of which of the following?

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