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 grandparents, Mamou and Babou, and other family members in Iran.

I was too tired to fall all the way asleep, and even though Mamou was soft and warm, leaning up against her wasn't a terribly comfortable position to sleep in. So 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

Which choice best describes the main purpose of the text?

• A.

  To name some of the narrator's favorite poets who wrote in Farsi

• B.

  To describe a situation the narrator thinks is annoying

• C.

  To connect a current experience to a memory from the narrator's past

• D.

  To indicate that the narrator's mother wants to be a poet