“You sound as though you never went to school. Or maybe you are a teacher yourself?”

"How dumb can you get!" said Robert. "A colossal waste of time if you ask me. So get going! Scram! Shoo!"

"I'm sorry," Robert said meekly, though the whole thing was getting weirder and weirder.

"It's just that all those ones give me a headache. They actually make things more complicated than they are."

Correct B. How dumb can you get!" said Robert. "A colossal waste of time if you ask me. So get going! Scram! Shoo!"

the book's theme is the moral ambiguity of the iranian revolution, history of middle eastern relations and the process of growing up during war. it sheds light on the stereotypical views of middle eastern culture and religion.

the author explicitly portrays the issues of class disparities and racism continously throught the whole novel.

the relationship between parents and childrens, the abandonment of faith, modernity vs fundamentalism and class conflict are the 4 main panels that this novel englobes.

hope this , if you would like me to be more specific about a specific excerpt let me know : )