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

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

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

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

5. Kimiâ states that she does not suffer from social anxiety when what condition is present?
(a) When she is speaking French.
(b) When she is speaking Persian.
(c) When she is speaking Arabic.
(d) When she is speaking English.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which family member of Kimiâ's often told her and her sisters the story about Montazemolmolk?

2. What kind of engagement keeps Pierre from being able to accompany Kimiâ to a particular wing of the hospital?

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

4. 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)?

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

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