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7.
What does the author mean by the lines "having us inside her house was probably akin to having
the circus make a personal visit" ?
The narrator felt embarrassed about asking the strangers for help.
The narrator felt that the strangers were bemused by their inability to speak English.
The narrator believed that she and her mother looked comical to the strangers.
The narrator was frustrated about having to ask for help from strangers.
Use "Funny in Farsi" to answer questions 5-9. Then fill in the answers on your

"Funny in Farsi" is a memoir written by Firoozeh Dumas. The book deals with the author's moving to America from Iran and the suddden change of surroundings, culture, people, language etc.

Now, we can infer the author's attention in this sentence from it's context. She compares their visit to the stranger's house to a personal circus performance. To most people, visit to a circus is funny and entertaining, so Dumas concludes that was the way strangers felt to the sight of her and her mother due to different clothes, customs and a complete lack of basics of the language.