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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. On which night does Naples host an open mic?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Wednesday.

2. From where does Edgar come?
(a) Costa Rica.
(b) Panama.
(c) Guatemala.
(d) El Salvador.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much is Cyrus’s mother’s bounty?

2. Who provides the epigraph to the novel?

3. As which of the following is Reza Shah Street renamed?

4. Where did Ali go camping with Gilgamesh?

5. What kind of shoe does Cyrus wear?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Cyrus’s mother know she is pregnant with him?

3. Why does Zee warn Cyrus against work at the hospital?

4. What problems does Cyrus note associate with a focus on gratitude?

5. How does Cyrus quit smoking?

6. Why does Ali caution Cyrus against admitting to his Iranian origin?

7. Why does Ali hate baby formula?

8. Why is there a bounty for Cyrus’s mother?

9. Why does Gabe rebuke Cyrus for his pretense of mysticism?

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

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