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WorksheetsFunny in Farsi: Chs. 16-20
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
In Chapter 16, how is Farsi different than English when it comes to distinguishing family members?
Persians have a multitude of words to show the different, nuanced family relationships.
The language has even fewer words than English.
Actually, Farsi does not have any such words for family members.
Persians use specific endings in words related to family members to reflect their pronouns.
In Chapter 16, how does Uncle Abdullah affect Firoozeh?
He helps encourage her love of reading by letting her peruse his library.
He supports her study of mathematics by bringing her to his work.
He teaches her how to play bass guitar and takes her to "shows" (concerts) starting at an early age.
He teaches her how to cook all of their special family recipes.
In Chapter 17, why doesn’t Firoozeh’s family celebrate Christmas?
They’re Muslim.
Gifts cost way too much.
They never learned about it, so they didn't know what to do.
They travel to sunny Las Vegas and go to the casinos because Kazem thinks it is good luck.
According to Chapter 17, what secular holiday do all Iranians celebrate?
Halloween
Nowruz
New Year's
Lunar New Year
Cinco de Mayo
According to Chapter 17, are students forced to be Muslim in Iran?
No
Yes
It depends on their social status.
It depends on the region of the country and the particular school district, since different regions will adhere to different sects (or branches) of Islam.
As shown in Chapter 17, how does Firoozeh feel about Christmas now that she is an adult?
She ignores it.
She embraces the holiday even as it exhausts her.
She loves it and finds it exciting.
She despises it and prefers to stay indoors and ignore the holiday celebrations.
In Chapter 18, why does Firoozeh’s family get an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C.?
Kazem finally returns to Bowling for Dollars and wins a free trip to Washington, D.C.
The shah offers a free trip for all Iranians living in America to visit D.C. when he visits President Carter.
It is part of the narrator's school trip and the family may join.
Kazem has an important job interview with the federal government and they offer to have his family join him as a sign of good will.
In Chapter 18, who threatens the narrator's family?
Anti-shah demonstrators
President Carter supporters
factory workers striking in front of the White House
anti-immigration protesters
In Chapter 18, how does the narrator's family avoid the violence?
They get on a tour bus and see the sights.
They run to Metro (subway system) and travel to a different part of the city.
They fight back, thus surprising and stunning the attackers. Ultimately, they are left alone.
The police intervene and protect them.
According to Chapter 19, what happens to increase hatred towards Iranians?
overturned Iranian oil tanker off the California coast
Iranian hostage crisis
Iran profits from their massive oil deposits
an Iranian aircraft accidentally collides with an American aircraft
In Chapter 19, what happens to make the narrator's family desperate for money? Choose all that apply.
Kazem loses his retirement pension.
No one wants to hire an Iranian.
Kazem loses his job in America.
Kazem and his family are arrested and interrogated, later being put on an FBI "watch list."
According to Chapter 19, why would Kazem support a bill that advocated mandatory voting?
He’s lived in a country without freedoms and he deeply treasures the right to vote.
He wants his candidates to win.
He is a believer that the government must intervene to make certain things mandatory.
He is very used to it, since it was that way in Iran when he was growing up.
According to Chapter 20, What was Firoozeh’s first job?
babysitting
grocery store clerk
Lyft driver
newspaper delivery girl
plumber
In Chapter 20, why isn’t the narrator satisfied with the good money to be earned with the French family?
The daughter is clingy and won’t leave her alone.
They expect way too much work out of her.
They force her to work on weekends and on holidays.
She has to learn French.
According to Chapter 20, how does Firoozeh finally achieve her dream of college?
She takes online classes.
She works full-time plus a few part-time jobs while living at home in order to save up.
Her boyfriend at the time was affluent and helped her pay.
Kazem finally wins big on Bowling for Dollars and puts the money toward Firoozeh's college tuition.
She applies for scholarships.
