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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 have a picture of in his apartment?
(a) Bobby Sands.
(b) Gerry Adams.
(c) Joe McDonnell.
(d) Brendan Hughes.

2. Which of the following does Cyrus’s mother quote at Lisa Simpson?
(a) Rachel de Queiroz.
(b) Adélia Prado.
(c) Hilda Hilst.
(d) Cora Coralina.

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

4. How much cash does Jude give Zee?
(a) $120.
(b) $500.
(c) $100.
(d) $150.

5. What term is used to label habitual Iranian politeness norms?
(a) Keigo.
(b) Takalluf.
(c) Taarof.
(d) Obsequy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To which of the following does Cyrus look as a model of martyrdom?

3. Which of the following had Cyrus been dating when he met Zee?

4. Which of the following does Cyrus do illicitly?

5. How old is Cyrus when he visits Orkideh at her installation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Ali hate baby formula?

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

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

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

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