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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue and Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kimiâ recalls Darius telling her that the "only weapon" (63) available to religious leaders was what?
(a) Fear.
(b) Deception.
(c) Shame.
(d) Money.

2. How old was Sara when she married Darius?
(a) 35.
(b) 25.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

3. Kimiâ states in Side A: Chapter 1 that Darius used to say that what part of the body is a "better listener than the ears" (21)?
(a) The scalp.
(b) The eye.
(c) The collarbone.
(d) The nose.

4. Kimiâ states of the present time that all the reader needs "to know is that it's" (13) the 19th of what month?
(a) August.
(b) January.
(c) February.
(d) June.

5. The novel's prologue focuses on whose aversion to the use of escalators?
(a) Marteen.
(b) Darius.
(c) Mina.
(d) Sara.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the first name of Kimiâ's father?

3. From a young age, Kimiâ had been sure that she would grow up to be a what?

4. How old was Kimiâ when she pretended to be interested in economics to gain the attention of her father Darius?

5. Which of Kimiâ's sisters usually insists on calling her at the crack of dawn?

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