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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. To which of the following does Cyrus’s mother compare herself and Leila?
(a) Ducks.
(b) Doves.
(c) Geese.
(d) Chickens.

2. Cyrus sees a sign for which of the following after checking out of his hotel?
(a) CVS.
(b) Walgreens.
(c) Duane Reade.
(d) Eckerd.

3. Which of the following does Cyrus see in a dream-vision?
(a) Dick Cheney.
(b) Dan Quayle.
(c) Al Gore.
(d) Walter Mondale.

4. Which of the following does Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quote in the novel?
(a) Carlos Franqui.
(b) Herberto Padilla.
(c) Pablo Medina.
(d) Agustin Blazquez.

5. Zee buys an album from which of the following artists?
(a) Dinah Washington.
(b) Billie Holiday.
(c) Ella Fitzgerald.
(d) Sara Vaughan.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where did Ferdowsi come?

2. What word does Cyrus hear called out by the crowd in the dream-vision he has of his father and Rumi?

3. To which of the following does Cyrus’s mother compare Leila?

4. Zee buys an album from which of the following artists?

5. What is the name of Leila’s neighbor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Cyrus’s early publication history?

2. In the novel, what is a myth?

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

4. What was the content of Shipping and Handling?

5. How is Orkideh initially thought to have died?

6. How does Ali note his wife had looked at him?

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

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

9. Why does Ali retain contraband records in Iran?

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

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