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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Gabe’s son?
(a) Hondo.
(b) Shane.
(c) Cordell.
(d) McClintock.

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

3. In what role does Cyrus harangue a medical student?
(a) Samuel Clemens.
(b) Sally Gutierrez.
(c) Sandra Kaufmann.
(d) Sara Wade.

4. Which of the following does Cyrus’s mother quote at Lisa Simpson?
(a) Rachel de Queiroz.
(b) Adélia Prado.
(c) Cora Coralina.
(d) Hilda Hilst.

5. Which of the following does Cyrus do illicitly?
(a) Serax.
(b) Lyrica.
(c) Klonopin.
(d) Valium.

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

7. Where did Ali go camping with Gilgamesh?
(a) Babol.
(b) Rasht.
(c) Ardabil.
(d) Lahijan.

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

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

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

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

12. What is the name of Orkideh’s final installation?
(a) Days-Ending.
(b) Affirmation.
(c) Life-Silence.
(d) Death-Speak.

13. To what Chicago restaurant did Ali take Cyrus?
(a) Cyrus Kabob.
(b) Café Caspian.
(c) Lazeez Mediterranean 620.
(d) Ali’s Sofreh.

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

15. To which of the following is Arash compared?
(a) Uriel.
(b) Gabriel.
(c) Michael.
(d) Raphael.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of shoe does Cyrus wear?

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

4. Whom does Zee quote to Cyrus about working for Jude?

5. In what language does Cyrus remark “orkideh” means “orchid”?

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