Darius the Great Is Not Okay

This flexible-use quiz is designed for reading comprehension assessment and activity needs in classroom, home-schooling and other settings. Questions connect to the text’s plot, characters, and themes — and align with the content and chapter organization in the rest of this study guide. Use quizzes as pre-reading hooks, reading checks, discussion starters, entrance/exit “tickets,” small group activities, writing activities, and lessons on finding evidence and support in a text.

Depth of Knowledge Levels: Questions require respondents to demonstrate ability to: 

1. Recall and Understand Content (e.g., who, what, where, when) 
2. Apply and Analyze Ideas (e.g., how and why)

1. Where does Darius work?

A) Domino’s

B) Starbuck’s

C) Tea Haven

D) Teavana

2. Trent and Chip’s defacement of Darius’s bike relates to which of the novel’s concerns?

A) parental overprotectiveness

B) stigma surrounding mental illness

C) discrimination against Middle Eastern Americans

D) gender norms and toxic masculinity

3. Stephen Kellner’s actions during dinner the night he picks Darius up from work imply which of the following about his attitude towards his son?

A) He thinks Darius needs to gain weight.

B) He thinks Darius needs to lose weight.

C) He thinks Darius does not sufficiently appreciate Persian food.

D) He thinks Darius is ungrateful for his mother’s cooking.

4. What two nightly routines do Darius and his father share at the beginning of the novel? (short answer)

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