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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cyrus sees a sign for which of the following after checking out of his hotel?

2. Which of the following does Cyrus’s mother watch with Leila?

3. To which of the following artist’s works does Cyrus compare Orkideh’s appearance?

4. What is the suggested donation to enter the museum where Orkideh has her final installation?

5. In what year did Orkideh divorce Sang Linh?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ali retain contraband records in Iran?

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

3. At what cost does Orkideh purchase a painting in Cyrus’s dream-vision?

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

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

6. To what does Cyrus ascribe his inability to focus on the now?

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

8. Why does Ferdowsi give away the copper he receives?

9. Per Orkideh, what marks out grace?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How, ultimately, does the novel define martyrdom? What in the text leads to the definition, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

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