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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the origin of the tea Darius gives Fariba?
(a) Giele.
(b) Teesta Valley.
(c) Pumong.
(d) Namring.

2. What school does Darius attend?
(a) Chapel Hill High School.
(b) Lincoln High School.
(c) Chapel Hill Middle School.
(d) Franklin High School.

3. Through which of the following airports do the Kellners fly on their trip to Iran?
(a) SAT.
(b) EWR.
(c) LGA.
(d) JFK.

4. What color are the “truck nuts” left with Darius’s bicycle?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

5. Which of the following is among the sites recommended by the second Iranian customs officer Darius encounters?
(a) Ruins of Persepolis.
(b) Tower of Winds.
(c) Masjid-e-Jameh.
(d) Azadi Tower.

6. What is ash-e reshteh, per the novel?
(a) Clam chowder.
(b) Chicken broth.
(c) Noodle soup.
(d) Beef stew.

7. How long does Darius report having been flying to get from Oregon to Iran?
(a) 48 hours.
(b) 40 hours.
(c) 24 hours.
(d) 32 hours.

8. The term “azan” carries what meaning, per the novel?
(a) Call to prayer.
(b) Call for alms.
(c) Call to arms.
(d) Call for dinner.

9. The comment that “It always seemed like Farsi was this special thing between Mom and Laleh, like Star Trek was between Dad and me” (21) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Metaphor.

10. What physical feature does Darius report sharing with Stephen Kellner?
(a) Build.
(b) Hair color.
(c) Eye color.
(d) Jawline.

11. What color headscarf does Shirin wear to arrive in Iran?
(a) Black.
(b) Pink.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

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

13. Under which of the following does the car that takes Darius from the Tehran airport to his grandparents’ house park upon arrival?
(a) A walnut tree.
(b) The open sky.
(c) An awning.
(d) A spreading dome.

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

15. 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) Taarof.
(b) Arabic.
(c) French.
(d) Farsi.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many cubes of sugar does Laleh take in her tea, by report?

2. The term “tah dig” carries what meaning, per the novel?

3. The phrase “chetori toh” carries which of the following meanings in the novel?

4. The word “bebakhshid” means which of the following, per the novel?

5. The word “pashmak” carries which of the following meanings, per the novel?

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