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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What causes Ali’s death?
(a) Cirrhosis.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Stroke.
(d) Industrial accident.

4. At what establishment did Zee work?
(a) Blue Danube.
(b) Red Amazon.
(c) Yellow Mississippi.
(d) Green Nile.

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

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

7. Where is Cyrus injured by an axe?
(a) Left foot.
(b) Right hand.
(c) Left hand.
(d) Right foot.

8. To whom is the novel dedicated?
(a) Saints.
(b) Martyrs.
(c) Proselytizers.
(d) Sinners.

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

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

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

12. As which of the following is Reza Shah Street renamed?
(a) Martyrs’ Highway.
(b) Khomeini Avenue.
(c) Mullah Road.
(d) Revolution Street.

13. In what language does Cyrus remark “orkideh” means “orchid”?
(a) Pashto.
(b) Farsi.
(c) Caspian.
(d) Arabic.

14. How does the novel gloss the term “palliative”?
(a) Making comfortable.
(b) Making uncomfortable.
(c) Making unfriendly.
(d) Making friendly.

15. Which of the following mimics Bob Dylan at the Naples open mic?
(a) Christine.
(b) Bertha.
(c) Justine.
(d) Pauline.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What rank does William M. Fogarty hold?

3. What is the name of the coffee shop run by an AA member?

4. What kind of tobacco does Sad James use?

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

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