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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. What group is said to have viewed Darius as "a piece of intellectual scum" (237)?
(a) The socialists.
(b) The mullahs.
(c) The Shah's supporters.
(d) The conservatives.

2. In what year was Mina born?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1979.

3. Kimiâ compares the process of exile to what biological process?
(a) Going through puberty.
(b) Dying.
(c) Being born.
(d) Giving birth.

4. What color are Kimiâ's eyes?
(a) Blue.
(b) Hazel.
(c) Green.
(d) Brown.

5. What is the real meaning of the term "vagin" (106) in Persian?
(a) A type of alcohol.
(b) Vagina.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kimiâ is adamant when she tells the reader that which character felt responsible for all that had transpired in the Sadr family?

2. With what phrase does Kimiâ find fault in regard to members of the diaspora?

3. What adjective does Kimiâ use to describe her partner Anna's smile near the end of Side B: Chapter 2?

4. By whom was Kimiâ's name chosen?

5. What month of her pregnancy with Mina had Sara been entering when her water broke?

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