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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 items does Emma use to predict the future, a time-honored tradition that has been passed down through generations?
(a) Tea leaves.
(b) Crystals.
(c) Grains of sand.
(d) Coffee grounds.

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

3. What does the Persian title "Shahanshahe" (90) mean, according to Kimiâ?
(a) Deity of deities.
(b) King of kings.
(c) Lord of lords.
(d) Prince of princes.

4. From a young age, Kimiâ had been sure that she would grow up to be a what?
(a) A heterosexual.
(b) A gay person.
(c) A woman.
(d) A man.

5. 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)?
(a) The eye.
(b) The scalp.
(c) The collarbone.
(d) The nose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What activity had Darius always undertaken while talking to Kimiâ about economics?

2. What was Mohammed Reza Pahlavi's title?

3. Kimiâ states in Chapter 7 that "an exile" (140) is condemned to commit what act?

4. Who had been trying to decide whether to write an article or to resign when the news arrived that Sara had gone into labor with Mina?

5. How long after the wedding of Darius and Sara had Leïli been born?

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