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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From which of the following groups does Zee claim descent?
(a) Libyan.
(b) Egyptian.
(c) Tunisian.
(d) Moroccan.

2. What kind of shoe does Cyrus wear?
(a) Vans.
(b) Doc Martens.
(c) Converse.
(d) Crocs.

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

4. How old is Orkideh when Cyrus visits her at her installation?
(a) 29.
(b) 28.
(c) 55.
(d) 54.

5. Who provides the epigraph to the novel?
(a) Virginia Woolf.
(b) Clarice Lispector.
(c) Cecília Meireles.
(d) Lygia Fagundes Telles.

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

7. From where does Jean-Joseph come?
(a) Congo.
(b) Guinea.
(c) Somalia.
(d) Eritrea.

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

9. At what institution does the novel begin?
(a) Palo Alto College.
(b) Garden City Community College.
(c) Keady University.
(d) Kansas State University.

10. How much is Cyrus’s mother’s bounty?
(a) $150,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $1,000,000.
(d) $300,000.

11. Where had Cyrus’s mother intended to meet Arash?
(a) Dubai.
(b) Bahrain.
(c) Kuwait.
(d) Qatar.

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

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

14. With what flower is the beginning of the Iranian Revolution associated in the novel?
(a) Hyacinth.
(b) Rose.
(c) Chrysanthemum.
(d) Lavender.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Cyrus drink after leaving his first meeting with Orkideh at her final installation?

2. Which of the following does Ali buy for himself and Cyrus?

3. What ship shot down Flight 655?

4. What number is assigned to Arash as he processes into military service?

5. Which of the following does Cyrus quote at Gabe?

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