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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Side B: Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kimiâ is adamant when she tells the reader that which character felt responsible for all that had transpired in the Sadr family?
(a) Mina.
(b) Sara.
(c) Darius.
(d) Uncle Number Six.

2. What country is Mina said to have idealized throughout her childhood?
(a) Spain.
(b) Greece.
(c) The United States.
(d) France.

3. What activity had Darius been doing in his office when he got the news that Sara's water had broken?
(a) Writing a letter to the Shah.
(b) Exercising.
(c) Making phone calls.
(d) Chain-smoking.

4. What month of her pregnancy with Mina had Sara been entering when her water broke?
(a) The 7th.
(b) The 6th.
(c) The 8th.
(d) The 9th.

5. Kimiâ says that contrary to everyone's expectations, she ended up accomplishing what goal?
(a) Earning a high school diploma.
(b) Passing the bar exam.
(c) Getting into community college.
(d) Getting into graduate school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What items are described in the prologue as serving "up their own reality" (11)?

2. Instead of going home from high school at lunchtime, Kimiâ began to go to what location?

3. What action did Sara take after hugging Kimiâ and telling her about someone's death?

4. What kind of engagement keeps Pierre from being able to accompany Kimiâ to a particular wing of the hospital?

5. How old was Kimiâ when she pretended to be interested in economics to gain the attention of her father Darius?

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