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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. In what year did hundreds of oppositionists begin to gather at Darius's home every Friday morning at eight o'clock?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1978.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1996.

2. What does Anna do when she finds out that Kimiâ is pregnant?
(a) She screams.
(b) She kisses Kimiâ.
(c) She high-fives Kimiâ.
(d) She starts to sob.

3. Which group is said to have believed that Darius was "a bourgeois agent of the CIA" (237)?
(a) The conservatives.
(b) The Shah's supporters.
(c) The communists.
(d) The mullahs.

4. Kimiâ describes punk music as a genre that "denounces the hypocrisy of" (267) what?
(a) Power.
(b) Class.
(c) War.
(d) Wealth.

5. For how many years did Sara work on a book about her family's experiences before the book was complete?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. What malady did Kimiâ pretend to have on the night Ramin was stopped by the curfew patrol several times?

2. What was the first band Kimiâ discovered one day in a record shop?

3. What action did Kimiâ take that resulted in Sara's decision to stop speaking to her for weeks?

4. What items does Emma use to predict the future, a time-honored tradition that has been passed down through generations?

5. Kimiâ calls 1979 "the year of" (193) what?

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