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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. From which of the following groups does Zee claim descent?
(a) Libyan.
(b) Moroccan.
(c) Egyptian.
(d) Tunisian.

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

3. To which of the following does the hospital contrast Cyrus?
(a) Rock Hudson.
(b) Charlie Sheen.
(c) Marlon Brando.
(d) James Dean.

4. In what year does the novel begin?
(a) 2005.
(b) 1995.
(c) 2025.
(d) 2015.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ali go camping with Gilgamesh?

2. Which of the following groups’ work had Cyrus’s mother intended to take to Arash?

3. Where had Cyrus’s mother intended to meet Arash?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the grief leave policy at Cyrus’s university?

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

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

4. Why does Cyrus’s mother resist becoming a mother?

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

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

7. Why does Arash appreciate being labeled as an expendable soldier?

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

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

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

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