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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. Sara had repeatedly asked her daughters to help her translate her book into what language?
(a) English.
(b) Arabic.
(c) French.
(d) Persian.

2. Emma is said to be the sole person in the Sadr family of what nationality?
(a) Indian.
(b) Persian.
(c) Armenian.
(d) Prussian.

3. Who is said to have hated Darius for his "obsessive atheism" (237)?
(a) The conservatives.
(b) The mullahs.
(c) The Shah's supporters.
(d) The communists.

4. With what phrase does Kimiâ find fault in regard to members of the diaspora?
(a) Efforts to assimilate.
(b) Efforts to integrate.
(c) Efforts to simulate.
(d) Efforts to ingratiate.

5. What had Darius been planning to do if he chose not to write a controversial article for the newspaper?
(a) Retire.
(b) Resign.
(c) Flee.
(d) Buy the newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. By whom was Kimiâ's name chosen?

2. Kimiâ says of her teenage years, "I think of my body as my only" (270) what?

3. Darius had viewed parenthood in the way most people view what object, according to Kimiâ?

4. How old was Kimiâ when she had a period of reading mostly poetry?

5. Who rebuked Kimiâ for upsetting their mother Sara with the change of her physical appearance?

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