Novel
This is Darius's favorite beverage...
What is tea?
This is Darius's best friend in Iran.
Who is Sohrab?
Darius's soccer skills were _________ until he started playing in Iran with Sohrab. Turns out he's really good!
What is latent?
This is how long Nowruz celebrations last.
What is 2 weeks?
If Sohrab's dad was not ___________, he probably would have not been in prison or killed.
What is Baha'i?
True or False: People with depression are depressed because bad things have happened to them.
What is FALSE! (that is a myth about depression)
This impacts everything about a novel, from its conflict and plot, to character motivations, choices, etc...
What is setting?
Once the commercial aired during the Super Bowl, it was _____________ for months.
What is ubiquitous?
This is a type of altar built for Nowruz, representing hopes and wishes for the coming new year.
What is a haft-seen?
The color of Rose's crocs is...
What is black?
By the end of the novel, Darius has come to terms with this...
What is: (his Persian identity; his masculinity; his dad)?
Darius's dad stopped telling him bedtime stories because...
What is he was extremely depressed/suicidal?
Darius thought his dad was a ___________ of masculinity for much of the book.
What is paragon?
This racial group is often the most socially excluded.
What is mixed race?
This is one of the oldest religions in the world, and it was started in Iran.
What is Zoroastrianism?
Darius the Great is Not Okay is a coming of age novel, known as a _________________.
What is a bildungsroman?
Darius refers to his crying as this 2-word phrase...
What is a containment failure?
The student tried to __________ google the answers during the student union game.
What is surreptitiously?
This is the date we're going to eat Persian food at Independence High School!
What is Friday, April 15
In Iran, Darius's idea of what it means to be _______________ was changed by his friendship with Sohrab.
What is masculine?
On. p. 291, Darius says "Maybe I should never have tried being something I wasn't." This relates to which theme?
What is identity?
An atashkadeh is a ____________
What is fire temple? Or what is a Zoroastrian fire temple?
During Fall, the sunlight __________through the trees and cast beautiful shadows.
A dakhma was historically used for...
What is a sky burial?
(or what is a tower for bodies for Zoroastrian burials)?
What is he knows some but is not fluent?