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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Darius report wanting to work?
(a) Safeway.
(b) Rose City Teas.
(c) A take-it-and-bake-it pizza place.
(d) Tea Haven.

2. The term “manteaux” carries which of the following meanings, per the novel?
(a) Hip-length jacket.
(b) Knee-length jacket.
(c) Waist-length jacket.
(d) Thigh-length jacket.

3. The comment that “Her voice was getting whinier by the second, the pitch rising higher and higher like a teakettle on the cusp of whistling” (58) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Kenning.
(b) Simile.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Metaphor.

4. The comment that Darius “didn’t know how he did it. How he adapted himself to get along with all the Bahrami men, like a chameleon” (188) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Kenning.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

5. What color are the curtains in the room Darius is allotted in his grandparents’ house?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. The comment that “The house felt cozy, like a Hobbit-hole” (206) offers an example of which of the following?

2. How long does it take the Bahramis and Kellners to reach Persepolis from Yazd?

3. Which of the following is among the names Laleh gives to the goldfish on the Kellner’s Haft-Seen?

4. How long does Darius report having been on Prozac?

5. Where is the Portland celebration of Chaharshanbeh Suri, per the novel?

(see the answer key)

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