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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following ends up as one of Sohrab and Darius’s teammates?
2. Which of the following ends up as one of Sohrab and Darius’s teammates?
3. The term “zandayi” carries which of the following meanings, per the novel?
4. The term “merci” means which of the following in the novel?
5. On which of the following does Part Three begin?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the group soccer game Darius and Sohrab play against Ali-Reza and Hossein, the earlier epithet for Dairus, “Ayatollah,” is repeated but reimagined or reappropriated (249). What was its original meaning, as applied to Darius, and what is its reappropriated meaning?
2. Why does Darius note that Stephen’s chin scratches him?
3. What litter does Darius note as he flees from the Rezaei home?
4. What reasons does Darius note for identifying Sohrab as a good listener at the Bahrami Nowruz celebration?
5. What is the irony of Darius complaining to Sohrab about Stephen?
6. What does Darius confess to Sohrab that leads him to affirm that Laleh cannot take his place?
7. What does Darius note that he likes best of all in Sohrab?
8. Why does Darius begin to get angry with Laleh as they leave Ashkan’s store?
9. What reason does Stephen give for having stopped telling Darius stories?
10. Why does Darius end up feeling sorry for Ali-Reza?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Consider the following:
“Stephen Kellner always gave everyone the benefit of the doubt.
“Everyone except me” (184).
Does the novel as a whole support or reject the assertion? What in the novel sustains that support or rejection? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the novel, Darius notes some embarrassment whenever he is asked whether he has a girlfriend. Why might he be thusly embarrassed? What in the novel supports that answer? How does it support the answer?
Essay Topic 3
Darius repeatedly notes Stephen’s prototypically or stereotypically Germanic persona. What might be the purpose of calling attention to it? What in the novel suggests as much? How does it make the suggestion?
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