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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where does Darius work?
(a) Rose City Teas.
(b) A take-it-and-bake-it pizza place.
(c) Safeway.
(d) Tea Haven.
2. Which of the following is the name of the nurse at Darius’s school?
(a) Ms. Rachet.
(b) Ms. Ogawa.
(c) Ms. Nightingale.
(d) Ms. Killinger.
3. Which of the following parts of Darius’s bicycle comes up missing?
(a) Wheels.
(b) Gears.
(c) Frame.
(d) Handlebars.
4. 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) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Kenning.
(d) Conceit.
5. Where is the Portland celebration of Chaharshanbeh Suri, per the novel?
(a) Cedar Park.
(b) Cypress Park.
(c) Oaks Park.
(d) Mesquite Park.
Short Answer Questions
1. The word “klaxon” most nearly means which of the following?
2. Where does Darius report his boss was born?
3. For what company does Stephen work?
4. The word “pashmak” carries which of the following meanings, per the novel?
5. The word “mamou” carries which of the following meanings in the novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. What occasioned Stephen stopping the fire-jumping celebration, and what caused him to resume it?
2. Why, per Darius, does he not shower after gym class at his school?
3. What reasons does Darius give for considering Jean-Luc Picard the best Star Trek captain?
4. What activity does Darius report undertaking with Laleh that she pretends not to like?
5. How does Darius relate his mother’s early misunderstanding of taarof with his father’s parents?
6. What reasons does Darius give for not liking figs?
7. Darius considers shouting at the second customs officer he encounters in Iran. What does he consider shouting, and why does he refrain from doing so?
8. What is meant by the phrase “Soulless Minions of Orthodoxy,” and who are prominent early examples of the phrase?
9. In what condition do the Bahramis and Kellners find Persepolis?
10. What reasons does Darius give for Stephen laughing after his backpack is broken?
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