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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Mai see sitting between an older couple at the beginning of “The Boat”?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Quyen.
(d) Truong.

2. What did Truong tell Mai he came to the upper deck to do after she gives him water?
(a) Count people.
(b) Get some space from his mother.
(c) Play with friends.
(d) Throw himself overboard.

3. Why is Sarah confused when Mahmoud brings her to a hotel?
(a) She thought she was staying with Parvin.
(b) It is the wrong hotel.
(c) She asked him to bring her some place else.
(d) She has never met Mahmoud before.

4. What do Parvin and Mahmoud argue about at the meeting at Parvin’s parent’s house?
(a) What they should serve after the rally.
(b) Who should speak at the rally.
(c) Whether or not the play should be performed at the rally.
(d) Whether to go to the rally or not.

5. What was Sarah’s ex-boyfriend Paul’s occupation?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Banker.
(c) Writer.
(d) Lawyer.

6. Where is Sarah at the beginning of “Tehran Calling”?
(a) A taxicab.
(b) An Uber.
(c) An airplane.
(d) A train.

7. What does someone say when a teenage girl throws herself overboard and someone suggests they help her?
(a) She was no good anyway.
(b) Get the life preserver!
(c) One less mouth to feed.
(d) Let her be if that is what she wants.

8. Why does Mai sleep for two days on the boat?
(a) She takes a sleeping pill.
(b) She has a fever.
(c) She is depressed.
(d) She is bored.

9. What group does Mayako’s sister allow her to join, which they keep a secret from their mother?
(a) The Emperor’s Corps.
(b) The Imperial Corps.
(c) Volunteer Corps.
(d) The Peace Corps.

10. What does Mahmoud say Parvin was encouraging people in Iran to do from her radio station in America?
(a) Destroy Islam.
(b) Go out in the streets.
(c) Listen to American music.
(d) Hate each other.

11. What was the purpose of Parvin’s radio show in America?
(a) To campaign for women’s rights in Iran.
(b) To speak against women’s rights.
(c) To play music from Iran.
(d) To talk about the benefits of Islam.

12. What does Parvin say she realized the mourning parade really is?
(a) Sexual.
(b) Evil.
(c) Religious.
(d) Nonsense.

13. What does Mayako believe in from her father’s stories, which Big Sister tells her is foolish?
(a) Reincarnation.
(b) Fairies.
(c) Tree spirits.
(d) God.

14. When does Sarah feel was the only time she was ever happy?
(a) Swimming in the local pool before work.
(b) Working at the law firm.
(c) Eating dinner with Paul.
(d) Talking with Parvin.

15. Who does Sarah assure Parvin she will not make her talk about even though Parvin had asked her to talk about?
(a) Mahmoud.
(b) Paul.
(c) Roya.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Truong at the end of “The Boat”?

2. What do the people in the temple repeat every morning?

3. What did both Mayako and Yumiko’s father’s do after the Manchuria Incident?

4. What are people on the boat doing as a result of the storm?

5. How many people die during the two days Mai sleeps on the boat?

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