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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After whom does Arash long?
(a) Lyra.
(b) Mira.
(c) Kira.
(d) Meena.

2. How many couplets does the Shahnameh contain?
(a) 75,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 100,000.

3. Cyrus sees a sign for which of the following after checking out of his hotel?
(a) Duane Reade.
(b) Walgreens.
(c) CVS.
(d) Eckerd.

4. What, per Cyrus, is the mortal sin of the suicide?
(a) Greed.
(b) Pride.
(c) Sloth.
(d) Envy.

5. What word does Cyrus hear called out by the crowd in the dream-vision he has of his father and Rumi?
(a) Elegy.
(b) Threnody.
(c) Lament.
(d) Dirge.

6. What, per Cyrus, is the mortal sin of the martyr?
(a) Greed.
(b) Sloth.
(c) Envy.
(d) Pride.

7. Zee buys an album from which of the following artists?
(a) Tyrannosaurus Rex.
(b) Da Vinci’s Notebook.
(c) Mastodon.
(d) Blue Mammoth.

8. Through which of the following does Leila drag Cyrus’s mother?
(a) Bazaar-e Tajrish.
(b) Imamzadeh Saleh.
(c) Niavaran Palace.
(d) Jamshidieh Park.

9. From which of the following does Cyrus’s mother fly to New York?
(a) Baku.
(b) Ankara.
(c) Ashgabat.
(d) Damascus.

10. To what singer does Cyrus’s mother listen with Leila?
(a) Freddie Mercury.
(b) Steve Tyler.
(c) Mick Jagger.
(d) Freddie Mercury.

11. Who trains Arash in his peculiar assignment?
(a) Arman.
(b) Archibald.
(c) Ar-Zimraphel.
(d) Aratar.

12. What is the name of Ferdowsi’s wife?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Esther.
(c) Zipporah.
(d) Sara.

13. Which of the following attends Ali’s funeral?
(a) Sad James.
(b) Kathleen.
(c) Zee.
(d) Shireen.

14. Per the novel, how does the Big Book refer to resentment?
(a) The brainstorm.
(b) The weight.
(c) The grouch.
(d) The nag.

15. Which of the following is brought to Cyrus after he collapses at the museum?
(a) An orange.
(b) A pear.
(c) An apple.
(d) A banana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Per the novel, how does the Big Book refer to self-pity?

2. How many died on Flight 655?

3. Of what does Cyrus note Orkideh smells?

4. How does the novel render the term “sonder”?

5. To which of the following does Cyrus compare himself?

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