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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. In the final words of the novel's prologue, Kimiâ states that she is taking what action?
(a) Waiting.
(b) Thinking.
(c) Crying.
(d) Grieving.

2. 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) Leïli.
(d) Darius.

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?
(a) Melancholy.
(b) Scared.
(c) Frustrated.
(d) Elated.

4. What two adjectives are used to describe Darius's feelings about the upcoming coronation?
(a) Silly and frivolous.
(b) Expensive and luxurious.
(c) Corrupt and scandalous.
(d) Grotesque and ruinous.

5. What items are described in the prologue as serving "up their own reality" (11)?
(a) Religious leaders.
(b) Memories.
(c) Stereotypes.
(d) Short order cooks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What term is NOT used to explain a certain character's aversion to escalators?

3. How old was Sara when she married Darius?

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

5. Emma is said to be the sole person in the Sadr family of what nationality?

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