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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Side A: Chapters 5-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What activity had Darius been doing in his office when he got the news that Sara's water had broken?
(a) Chain-smoking.
(b) Making phone calls.
(c) Writing a letter to the Shah.
(d) Exercising.

2. To what band does Kimiâ allude within her discussion of integration in Chapter 6?
(a) The Cure.
(b) The Smiths.
(c) The Mars Volta.
(d) The Clash.

3. What had Darius been planning to do if he chose not to write a controversial article for the newspaper?
(a) Buy the newspaper.
(b) Retire.
(c) Resign.
(d) Flee.

4. Kimiâ states in Chapter 7 that "an exile" (140) is condemned to commit what act?
(a) To sleep.
(b) To wander.
(c) To exist.
(d) To leave.

5. From a young age, Kimiâ had been sure that she was a what?
(a) A boy.
(b) A sea creature.
(c) A girl.
(d) A future doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had been especially surprised about Kimiâ's gender upon receiving the news of her arrival?

2. Kimiâ states that she does not suffer from social anxiety when what condition is present?

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

4. What is the real meaning of the term "vagin" (106) in Persian?

5. 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?

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