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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Side A: Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Elated.
(b) Scared.
(c) Frustrated.
(d) Melancholy.

2. Kimiâ states in the prologue, "All I know is that these pages won't be" (13) what?
(a) Clouded.
(b) Lucrative.
(c) Uplifting.
(d) Linear.

3. How old was Kimiâ when she pretended to be interested in economics to gain the attention of her father Darius?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

4. How long after the wedding of Darius and Sara had Leïli been born?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 9 months.
(d) 11 months.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Kimiâ describes her father Darius "tossing her into" (162) what body of water?

2. The novel's prologue focuses on whose aversion to the use of escalators?

3. Who were Susan Hayward and Ava Gardner, the women Kimiâ names as her parents' favorites?

4. Kimiâ reports often relegating her instructions to a waiter or salesperson to how many words during her time living in Paris?

5. What does Kimiâ's blue-and-white striped tee shirt symbolize within the narrative?

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