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

2. Once Darius believed that Kimiâ was interested in economics, he started to summon her at what time every day?
(a) The evening.
(b) The morning.
(c) Midnight.
(d) The afternoon.

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

4. Kimiâ calls 1979 "the year of" (193) what?
(a) Chaos.
(b) Explosion.
(c) Implosion.
(d) Tranquility.

5. By whom was Kimiâ's name chosen?
(a) Sara.
(b) Emma.
(c) Mina.
(d) Darius.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the soldier in Side A: Chapter 9 shoots Mina, what part of her body does the bullet enter?

2. What term is NOT used to explain a certain character's aversion to escalators?

3. Which one of Kimiâ's family members told her that if she kept up her behavior, people would think she was a lesbian?

4. What "compulsion" does Kimiâ report having "inherited from Sara" (83)?

5. In what way is Montazemolmolk related to Kimiâ and her sisters?

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