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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what ingredient in genmaicha does Darius not want Shirin to know?
(a) Toasted oats.
(b) Toasted rice.
(c) Toasted bread.
(d) Toasted events.

2. How many cubes of ice does Laleh take in her tea, by report?
(a) 2.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

3. Which of the following parts of Darius’s bicycle comes up missing?
(a) Gears.
(b) Seat.
(c) Handlebars.
(d) Frame.

4. What book does Darius bring to read on the trip to Iran?
(a) The Hobbit.
(b) The Silmarillion.
(c) Lord of the Rings.
(d) Unfinished Tales.

5. In what grade is Laleh?
(a) Third.
(b) Fourth.
(c) First.
(d) Second.

Short Answer Questions

1. The word “dayi” carries which of the following meanings in the novel?

2. Which of the following is Darius wearing upon exiting Customs into Iran?

3. What is the origin of the tea Darius gives Fariba?

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

5. 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 “they”?

(see the answer key)

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