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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. What is the first name of Kimiâ's father?
(a) Darius.
(b) Vahe.
(c) Marteen.
(d) Saddeq.

2. Darius is said to have had a "spot" of what substance "on the middle finger of his right hand" (82) at the time he met Sara?
(a) Grease.
(b) Ink.
(c) Ketchup.
(d) Blood.

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

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

5. What activity had Darius always undertaken while talking to Kimiâ about economics?
(a) He ate his breakfast.
(b) He shaved.
(c) He watered the plants.
(d) He fed the dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Side A: Chapter 1, what sets Kimiâ apart from the other people around her?

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

3. What is the meaning of the Persian phrase "Amou Djan" (55)?

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

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

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