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

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

3. What is the meaning of the Persian phrase "Amou Djan" (55)?
(a) Dear Uncle.
(b) Please do.
(c) So sorry.
(d) Thank you.

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

5. In Side A: Chapter 1, what sets Kimiâ apart from the other people around her?
(a) She is alone and everyone else has a partner.
(b) She has a partner and everyone else is alone.
(c) She is dressed up.
(d) She is silent.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. What items are described in the prologue as serving "up their own reality" (11)?

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