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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. Kimiâ states in the prologue, "All I know is that these pages won't be" (13) what?
(a) Linear.
(b) Lucrative.
(c) Clouded.
(d) Uplifting.

2. What object was thrown through the Sadrs' window in Side A: Chapter 9?
(a) A rock.
(b) A grenade.
(c) A brick.
(d) A bomb.

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

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 ingratiate.
(d) Efforts to simulate.

5. At the beginning of the marriage between Darius and Sara, how had the two felt about having children?
(a) Both had wanted children.
(b) Neither had wanted children.
(c) Darius had definitely wanted children, while Sara had not.
(d) Sara had definitely wanted children, while Darius had not.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what band does Kimiâ allude within her discussion of integration in Chapter 6?

2. Sara told her children that she had always wanted to marry a man with which two features?

3. Which character's "two sentences" are seen by Kimiâ to perfectly encapsulate "the Iranian woman's lot" (69)?

4. In what year did hundreds of oppositionists begin to gather at Darius's home every Friday morning at eight o'clock?

5. What kind of engagement keeps Pierre from being able to accompany Kimiâ to a particular wing of the hospital?

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