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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) Money.
(b) Shame.
(c) Deception.
(d) Fear.

2. What adjective does Kimiâ use to describe the nature of memory?
(a) Distant.
(b) Strange.
(c) Imprecise.
(d) Hazy.

3. Which of Kimiâ's sisters usually insists on calling her at the crack of dawn?
(a) Leïli.
(b) Mina.
(c) Sara.
(d) Nour.

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

5. How old was Kimiâ when she pretended to be interested in economics to gain the attention of her father Darius?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the start of Chapter 2, Kimiâ receives a phone call telling her that which character has died?

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

4. Kimiâ uses all capital letters every time she refers to what two-word mysterious term used by her family members?

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

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