Nhận biết (M1)

The following text is adapted from Adib Khorram's 2018 novel Darius the Great Is Not Okay. Darius, a teenager from the United States, is visiting his family members in Iran.

I dozed and floated on the clouds of Farsi that blew my way from the front seat of Dayi {Uncle} Jamsheed's SUV.

It reminded me of when I was little, and Mom chanted to me in Farsi every night before bedtime. It's hard to describe Farsi chanting: the way Mom drew her voice out like the notes of a cello as she recited poems by Rumi or Hafez. I didn't know what they meant, but that didn't matter. It was quiet and soothing.

©2018 by Adib Khorram

Based on the text, what does the narrator mainly remember about the times when his mother chanted to him?

• A.

  That he liked the characters in the stories his mother made up while chanting

• B.

  That his mother had music playing in the background while she chanted

• C.

  That his mother didn't usually chant at night

• D.

  That he found the sound of his mother's chanting to be calming