View a FREE sample

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 is brought to Cyrus after he collapses at the museum?
(a) An apple.
(b) An orange.
(c) A pear.
(d) A banana.

2. What spice does Orkideh note adding to her tea?
(a) Allspice.
(b) Saffron.
(c) Cardamom.
(d) Cinnamon.

3. How many died on Flight 655?
(a) 145.
(b) 290.
(c) 580.
(d) 435.

4. What moniker do Cyrus and Zee assign to the sitting President of the United States?
(a) Derogation.
(b) Invective.
(c) Obscenity.
(d) Insult.

5. For which of the following terms does the novel present a definition?
(a) Barbaric.
(b) Atrocious.
(c) Terrible.
(d) Horrific.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what singer does Cyrus’s mother listen with Leila?

2. How does the novel render the term “badbadak”?

3. What quotation accompanies the closure notice on Orkideh’s final installation?

4. Which of the following is brought to Cyrus after he collapses at the museum?

5. How many couplets does the Shahnameh contain?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sang Linh posit Orkideh did not tell Cyrus she was his mother?

2. Why does Ali retain contraband records in Iran?

3. Per Orkideh, what marks out grace?

4. In the novel, what is a myth?

5. Why, per Cyrus, is it particularly American to discount dreams?

6. What does the docent who sees Cyrus collapse in the museum discuss with Cyrus?

7. How is Ferdowsi commissioned to write the Shahnameh?

8. Why is Arash not allowed to provide water to other soldiers?

9. Why does Cyrus posit Sang Linh is able to function so soon after Orkideh’s death?

10. What does the front desk clerk at Cyrus’s hotel ask him when he checks out?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 525 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample