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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. Which of the following does Cyrus cite to Orkideh?
(a) Malcolm X.
(b) Jesse Jackson.
(c) Frederick Douglass.
(d) WEB Du Bois.

2. What was Cyrus’s college major?
(a) Education.
(b) English.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Mechanical Engineering.

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

4. What does Cyrus’s mother first make for Leila?
(a) Chelow kabab.
(b) Zereshk polo.
(c) Ash reshteh.
(d) Fesenjan.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What prayer does Arash note had been his favorite?

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

4. To which of the following does the hospital contrast Cyrus?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why is an empty bottle a source of comfort for an airline traveler?

6. What does Cyrus want most when God speaks back to him after 27 years?

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

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

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

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

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