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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 is the real meaning of the term "vagin" (106) in Persian?
(a) A type of alcohol.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Vagina.
(d) Sex.

2. Sara told her children that she had always wanted to marry a man with which two features?
(a) Green eyes and strong hands.
(b) Blue eyes and glasses.
(c) A well-coiffed head of hair and brown eyes.
(d) Baldness and blue eyes.

3. What "compulsion" does Kimiâ report having "inherited from Sara" (83)?
(a) Plucking her eyelashes.
(b) Tidiness.
(c) Counting.
(d) Punctuality.

4. What malady did Kimiâ contract in her childhood that caused a doctor to tell her she had to remain motionless?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Mumps.
(c) Chicken Pox.
(d) Measles.

5. At the beginning of the marriage between Darius and Sara, how had the two felt about having children?
(a) Darius had definitely wanted children, while Sara had not.
(b) Both had wanted children.
(c) Neither had wanted children.
(d) Sara had definitely wanted children, while Darius had not.

Short Answer Questions

1. Darius had viewed parenthood in the way most people view what object, according to Kimiâ?

2. To what band does Kimiâ allude within her discussion of integration in Chapter 6?

3. What false meaning does Darius provide for the term "vagin" (106) when he lies about it?

4. Which character's "two sentences" are seen by Kimiâ to perfectly encapsulate "the Iranian woman's lot" (69)?

5. Which sea borders the province of Mazandaran in Iran?

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