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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Side A: Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the meaning of the Persian phrase "Amou Djan" (55)?
(a) Thank you.
(b) So sorry.
(c) Please do.
(d) Dear Uncle.

2. At whom is a soldier pointing a pistol when Mina vomits on the soldier's pant leg?
(a) Ramin.
(b) Sara.
(c) Kimiâ
(d) Darius.

3. What items are described in the prologue as serving "up their own reality" (11)?
(a) Religious leaders.
(b) Stereotypes.
(c) Short order cooks.
(d) Memories.

4. In what year did Darius resign from the Iranian newspaper called Keyhan?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1985.

5. Kimiâ reports contracting a high fever how long after an object had been thrown through the Sadrs' apartment window?
(a) A few days.
(b) Nearly a year.
(c) A few weeks.
(d) A few months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kimiâ states in Chapter 7 that "an exile" (140) is condemned to commit what act?

2. What activity had Darius been doing in his office when he got the news that Sara's water had broken?

3. In the final words of the novel's prologue, Kimiâ states that she is taking what action?

4. The novel's prologue focuses on whose aversion to the use of escalators?

5. What does the Persian title "Shahanshahe" (90) mean, according to Kimiâ?

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