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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 adjective does Kimiâ use to describe the nature of memory?
(a) Strange.
(b) Hazy.
(c) Imprecise.
(d) Distant.

2. With what phrase does Kimiâ find fault in regard to members of the diaspora?
(a) Efforts to assimilate.
(b) Efforts to ingratiate.
(c) Efforts to integrate.
(d) Efforts to simulate.

3. In what way is Montazemolmolk related to Kimiâ and her sisters?
(a) He is their grandfather.
(b) He is their great-grandfather.
(c) He is their great-uncle.
(d) He is their great-great-grandfather.

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?
(a) Uncle Number Six.
(b) Uncle Number Two.
(c) Darius.
(d) Leïli.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Side A: Chapter 5, Kimiâ states, "I'm the granddaughter of a woman born into a" (86) what?

2. Kimiâ recalls Darius telling her that the "only weapon" (63) available to religious leaders was what?

3. How did Darius feel when he received the news that Sara had gone into labor and that he needed to get to the hospital immediately?

4. What "compulsion" does Kimiâ report having "inherited from Sara" (83)?

5. In what year was Mina born?

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