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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. At what institution does the novel begin?
(a) Garden City Community College.
(b) Kansas State University.
(c) Palo Alto College.
(d) Keady University.

2. From where does Jean-Joseph come?
(a) Guinea.
(b) Congo.
(c) Eritrea.
(d) Somalia.

3. Which of the following spirits does Ali favor?
(a) Gin.
(b) Ouzo.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Tequila.

4. What causes Ali’s death?
(a) Industrial accident.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Cirrhosis.
(d) Stroke.

5. What art style does Orkideh claim Persia developed before any European?
(a) Fauvism.
(b) Expressionism.
(c) Cubism.
(d) Surrealism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ali go camping with Gilgamesh?

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

3. On what day does Orkideh’s final installation open?

4. At which of the following does Cyrus work?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Orkideh prize feet?

3. Why does Ali hate baby formula?

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Ali like Westerns?

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

10. Why does Cyrus find American hookah bars suspect?

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