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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. Through which of the following does Leila drag Cyrus’s mother?
(a) Niavaran Palace.
(b) Bazaar-e Tajrish.
(c) Imamzadeh Saleh.
(d) Jamshidieh Park.

2. Of what does Cyrus note Orkideh smells?
(a) Bay rum.
(b) Sandalwood.
(c) Lavender.
(d) Rosewater.

3. In what year did Orkideh exhibit Shipping and Handling?
(a) 2005.
(b) 1997.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1993.

4. What is the name of Ferdowsi’s son?
(a) Esfandiyār.
(b) Zahhak.
(c) Rostam.
(d) Sohrab.

5. To which of the following does Cyrus long to apologize after his collapse at the museum?
(a) Raph.
(b) Mike.
(c) Gabe.
(d) Uri.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the novel render the term “dudusch”?

2. Which of the following does Cyrus’s imagined young brother claim to love?

3. Which of the following does Cyrus cite for comments about grief?

4. Which of the following does Cyrus see in a dream-vision?

5. How many died on Flight 655?

Short Essay Questions

1. What gift does Orkideh give Cyrus for his project?

2. Why does Cyrus sit outside with Zee at a café near Prospect Park?

3. What was the content of Shipping and Handling?

4. How is Orkideh initially thought to have died?

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

6. How does Cyrus explain his collapse in the museum to the docents?

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

8. Per Orkideh, what marks out grace?

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

10. Why does Orkideh note the Mona Lisa is notable?

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