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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What rank does William M. Fogarty hold?
(a) Rear Admiral.
(b) Commodore.
(c) Admiral.
(d) Vice Admiral.

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

4. How does the novel render the term “emkanat”?
(a) Possibilities.
(b) Positivity.
(c) Empiricism.
(d) Empathy.

5. Which of the following is Cyrus prescribed by his university’s counseling services?
(a) Zoloft.
(b) Xanax.
(c) Paxil.
(d) Ativan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Cyrus do illicitly?

2. What is the name of Gabe’s son?

3. Which of the following does Cyrus have a picture of in his apartment?

4. Which of the following does Cyrus’s mother quote at Lisa Simpson?

5. To whom is the novel dedicated?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Orkideh prize feet?

2. What is the nature of Cyrus’s work at the hospital?

3. What is meant in the novel by Iranian ugliness?

4. In the novel, what is “good-person drag” (13)?

5. What is the nature of Orkideh’s final installation?

6. For what does Lisa Simpson rebuke Cyrus’s mother?

7. Why does Jude recommend Zee and Cyrus use a tire?

8. How does Cyrus describe his experience of sobriety to his AA group?

9. What function does a whiskey bottle serve for Cyrus?

10. How had Ali tried to stop Cyrus sucking his thumb?

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