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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Tehran Calling” Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing Nam does to try to break his writer’s block?
(a) Write in the pool.
(b) Write in the bathtub.
(c) Take drugs.
(d) Write in his car.

2. What do the children play at the temple, which leaves some of them in tears?
(a) Cards.
(b) Dodge ball.
(c) House.
(d) War.

3. Who did Hernando kill after he and Ron had been taken away during a football game?
(a) A judge.
(b) A prominent drug dealer.
(c) El Padre.
(d) A police officer.

4. What instrument does Elise play?
(a) Violin.
(b) Cello.
(c) Flute.
(d) Clarinet.

5. How many stories has Nam written in the year he has spent at the writing workshop?
(a) 25.
(b) 3 1/2.
(c) 0.
(d) Hundreds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Henry go to see before his lunch with Elise?

2. Where is Sarah at the beginning of “Tehran Calling”?

3. Nam’s father tells a story that Nam had never heard before about hiding from whom in a bunker?

4. What do the people in the temple repeat every morning?

5. Which former member of the group does the narrator of Cartagena say he does not wish to think about when reflecting on other missing members?

(see the answer key)

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