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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 Quyen tell Mai she and Truong are going?
(a) Australia.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) America.
(d) Europe.
2. Why is Sarah confused when Mahmoud brings her to a hotel?
(a) She asked him to bring her some place else.
(b) She thought she was staying with Parvin.
(c) It is the wrong hotel.
(d) She has never met Mahmoud before.
3. Who does Roya tell Sarah had been shot in 1999 in the same square in which the rally will take place?
(a) Parvin’s mother.
(b) Mahmoud’s father.
(c) Mahmoud’s brother.
(d) Parvin’s sister.
4. Where is Sarah at the beginning of “Tehran Calling”?
(a) An airplane.
(b) A train.
(c) An Uber.
(d) A taxicab.
5. Who does the man who approaches Sarah at the airport at the start of “Tehran Calling” tell her he is?
(a) A police officer.
(b) Her cab driver.
(c) Parvin’s friend.
(d) Her fiancé.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Parvin decide the day her best friend’s apartment building was bombed?
2. Why did Sarah sometimes find it hard to believe in the oppression of those who called in to Parvin’s radio show?
3. How old was Parvin when her family was forced into hiding?
4. What happens to Truong at the end of “The Boat”?
5. What is Big Sister’s nickname for Mayako?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Quyen tell Mai she was going to ask Mai to do when they arrive on land to give her time to tell her husband about Truong?
2. What is going on the week Sarah arrived in Iran, which Mahmoud tells her is their holiest week?
3. What does Sarah thinks when she watches the call to prayer from the window of her room at Parvin’s?
4. After Mai emerges from her fever and two-day sleep, what does she notice about Truong?
5. Describe the play Parvin had seen when Sarah had arrived in Iran.
6. Where does Mai’s mother send her the day after visiting her father in the hospital?
7. What happens to the bodies of those who die on the boat?
8. What are Mahmoud and Parvin’s arguments regarding whether the play about the young girl who was killed should be reenacted during Ashura?
9. What happens to Truong on the 13th day when they finally see land ahead?
10. What does Mayako tell Mrs. Tamura after her parents visit her at the temple on Visiting Day?
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