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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Darius receive as a Nowruz present from his grandparents?
(a) A button-up shirt.
(b) A jersey.
(c) Money.
(d) Nothing.

2. In a comment that “the park near the Jameh Mosque […] was becoming our spot” (235), the “our” refers to Darius and which of the following?
(a) Shirin.
(b) Laleh.
(c) Sohrab.
(d) Stephen.

3. In the comment that “for a beautiful, poetic language, it sounded as harsh as Klingon when they fought” (79), which of the following is the antecedent to the pronoun “it”?
(a) French.
(b) Farsi.
(c) Arabic.
(d) Taarof.

4. The term “noon-e panjereh” carries which of the following meanings, per the novel?
(a) Fruit leather.
(b) Fried almond-filled pastries.
(c) Cotton candy.
(d) Sugar-dusted rosettes.

5. What color is outside of the baad gir in Yazd?
(a) White.
(b) Khanki.
(c) Black.
(d) Grey.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many daughters does Jamsheed have?

2. The word “amou” means which of the following, per the novel?

3. The comment that “It was the U.S.S. Enterprise of toaster ovens” (167) is an example of which of the following?

4. Which of the following is Shirin’s favorite place to kiss Stephen when others are present?

5. The comment that “Alexander the Great was the Trent Bolger of Ancient Persia” (155) offers an example of which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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