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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mahmoud show Sarah to prove that Parvin had sent him?
(a) His I.D.
(b) Parvin’s I.D.
(c) A Polaroid of Sarah and Parvin.
(d) A letter from Parvin.

2. Nam’s father tells a story that Nam had never heard before about hiding from whom in a bunker?
(a) VIet Cong.
(b) His family.
(c) American soldiers.
(d) Buddhists.

3. After Linda reads Nam’s story at the coffee shop, what does she tell him he is doing to his father in order to forgive him for abusing him?
(a) Lying about him.
(b) Romanticizing his past.
(c) Sugarcoating his story.
(d) Making him seem too nice.

4. What did Mayayako’s father do after fighting in China, which she does not tell Yumiko?
(a) He was a teacher at the temple.
(b) He died.
(c) He became a Shinto priest.
(d) He ran away from the family.

5. What does Jamie’s father do from their home after quitting his job when his mother received her diagnosis?
(a) Sells their stuff.
(b) Teach online classes.
(c) Build furniture.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the main character in the story “Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice”?

2. As Parvin, Sarah, and Mahmoud walk through a mourning procession, Sarah sees people throw what “over their shoulders like dinner jackets” (188)?

3. Who does Sarah assure Parvin she will not make her talk about even though Parvin had asked her to talk about?

4. What restaurant does Henry go to meet Elise and her fiancé?

5. In what year did a bomb destroy the apartment building in which Parvin's best friend lived?

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