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

2. Which one of Kimiâ's uncles calls frequent meetings with his brothers to talk about their daughters' reputations?
(a) Uncle Number Six.
(b) Uncle Number One.
(c) Uncle Number Three.
(d) Uncle Number Two.

3. Darius is said to have had a "spot" of what substance "on the middle finger of his right hand" (82) at the time he met Sara?
(a) Ketchup.
(b) Grease.
(c) Ink.
(d) Blood.

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

5. Which character does Emma predict will be a boy?
(a) Mina.
(b) Leïli.
(c) Kimiâ.
(d) Sara.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mohammed Reza Pahlavi's title?

2. What items are described in the prologue as serving "up their own reality" (11)?

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

4. Who is Emma?

5. With which country's philosophy regarding immigration does Kimiâ find fault in Side A: Chapter 6?

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