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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. The term “merci” means which of the following in the novel?
(a) Goodbye.
(b) Hello.
(c) Thank you.
(d) Shut up.
2. 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) Simile.
(b) Kenning.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Metaphor.
3. Per Darius, in which season of Star Trek: The Next Generation is “Captain’s Holiday?”
(a) Fifth.
(b) Second.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Third.
4. How old is Darius’s cousin Nazgol?
(a) 23.
(b) 17.
(c) 21.
(d) 19.
5. How many opponents do Ali-Reza and Hossein have when Darius and Sohrab join them a second time?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.
Short Answer Questions
1. The term “noon-e sangak” carries which of the following meanings, per the novel?
2. The term “khodahafes” carries which of the following meanings, per the novel?
3. The term “ghormeh sabzi” carries which of the following meanings, per the novel?
4. How tall is the baad gir in Yazd?
5. The term “baad gir” carries which of the following meanings, per the novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Darius end up feeling sorry for Ali-Reza?
2. What does Darius confess to Sohrab that leads him to affirm that Laleh cannot take his place?
3. Why does Darius note that Stephen’s chin scratches him?
4. Why does Darius realize Sohrab had been surprised he had not agreed to visit him on the day after Nowruz?
5. What reason does Stephen give for having stopped telling Darius stories?
6. What does Darius note that he likes best of all in Sohrab?
7. What is the irony of Darius complaining to Sohrab about Stephen?
8. Why, as Darius asserts to Sohrab at the Bahrami Nowruz celebration, is Stephen unhappy with him?
9. What litter does Darius note as he flees from the Rezaei home?
10. What reasons does Darius note for identifying Sohrab as a good listener at the Bahrami Nowruz celebration?
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