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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before Mai leaves for the boat, what did Mai’s uncle tell her she must do as soon as she reaches land?
(a) Write her mother.
(b) Seek help.
(c) Change her identity.
(d) Get a job.

2. How many people are on the boat in a space made for 15 when Mai first gets on?
(a) 15.
(b) 200.
(c) 30.
(d) 100.

3. Who does the man who approaches Sarah at the airport at the start of “Tehran Calling” tell her he is?
(a) Parvin’s friend.
(b) A police officer.
(c) Her cab driver.
(d) Her fiancé.

4. What does Roya tell Sarah she can get for her if she would like because she knows where her parents keep it?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Beer.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Wine or opium.

5. What real story did the play Parvin watched when Sarah arrived in Iran include?
(a) The story of Parvin’s radio show.
(b) The story of girl who had escaped Iran.
(c) The story of a broken-hearted American.
(d) The rape and hanging of a young girl.

6. Why did Sarah sometimes find it hard to believe in the oppression of those who called in to Parvin’s radio show?
(a) Their stories sounded too far fetched.
(b) She did not think they could get Parvin’s radio station in Iran.
(c) Their stories did not sound too bad.
(d) They seemed to have a liberal education.

7. What do Parvin and Mahmoud argue about at the meeting at Parvin’s parent’s house?
(a) Whether to go to the rally or not.
(b) Who should speak at the rally.
(c) What they should serve after the rally.
(d) Whether or not the play should be performed at the rally.

8. Why does Mai sleep for two days on the boat?
(a) She is depressed.
(b) She is bored.
(c) She has a fever.
(d) She takes a sleeping pill.

9. What does Sarah say her problems are compared to Parvin’s?
(a) Non-existent.
(b) Not as impressive.
(c) Far worse.
(d) Comparable.

10. 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.

11. Why did Quyen take Truong to escape with her?
(a) She did not want to leave him to Communists.
(b) She did not trust her aunt.
(c) She wanted company.
(d) She wanted him to meet her husband.

12. What does someone say when a teenage girl throws herself overboard and someone suggests they help her?
(a) One less mouth to feed.
(b) Let her be if that is what she wants.
(c) She was no good anyway.
(d) Get the life preserver!

13. What did both Mayako and Yumiko’s father’s do after the Manchuria Incident?
(a) They disappeared.
(b) They fled to Australia.
(c) They fled to America.
(d) They went to China to fight.

14. Whose expression does Mai realize Truong resembles?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) Her father.

15. Who does Sarah assure Parvin she will not make her talk about even though Parvin had asked her to talk about?
(a) Mahmoud.
(b) Paul.
(c) Roya.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anh Phuoc say the Communists are skilled at based on his experience fighting and in re-education camps?

2. Where does Quyen assume Mai is going?

3. What did Mayako’s brother leave to do when she was very young?

4. What does Mahmoud say Parvin was encouraging people in Iran to do from her radio station in America?

5. What did Mayayako’s father do after fighting in China, which she does not tell Yumiko?

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