Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Firoozeh Dumas
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 through 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fast food chain did Kazem and Nematollah avoid because the name was intimidating and too hard to pronounce?
(a) Arby's.
(b) Der Wienerschnitzel.
(c) Burger King.
(d) McDonald's.

2. What consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi?
(a) The Hekmat Dynasty.
(b) The Rafsanjani Dynasty.
(c) The Pahlavi Dynasty.
(d) The Ardabili Dynasty.

3. Who did Nazireh use principally as her interpreter at markets and shops?
(a) Farid.
(b) Firoozeh.
(c) Farshid.
(d) Sedigeh.

4. What is the name of Firoozeh's father?
(a) Kazem.
(b) Nazireh.
(c) Farid.
(d) Nematollah.

5. After weeks of trying every form of American food available, Kazem and Nematollah concluded that the only American foods that were edible were canned chili, Chips Ahoy cookies and what?
(a) Campbell's soup.
(b) Coca-cola.
(c) Potato chips.
(d) Ice cream.

Short Answer Questions

1. What university had Kazem attended in Texas?

2. When was Disneyland opened?

3. How old was Nazireh when she married?

4. Nematollah tried using a diet shake to lose weight, which was somewhat successful until he decided it tasted better with what?

5. What is an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning that is comprehended in regard to a common use of that expression that is separate from the literal meaning or definition of the words of which it is made?

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