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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Side B: Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which group is said to have believed that Darius was "a bourgeois agent of the CIA" (237)?
(a) The communists.
(b) The Shah's supporters.
(c) The conservatives.
(d) The mullahs.

2. Which character transformed from an extrovert to a "withdrawn, silent girl" (261) after her family's move to Paris?
(a) Emma.
(b) Kimiâ.
(c) Leïli.
(d) Mina.

3. At the beginning of Side A: Chapter 5, Kimiâ states, "I'm the granddaughter of a woman born into a" (86) what?
(a) Revolution.
(b) Harem.
(c) Wealthy family.
(d) Cruel world.

4. Which of Kimiâ's sisters usually insists on calling her at the crack of dawn?
(a) Nour.
(b) Sara.
(c) Leïli.
(d) Mina.

5. What emotion had Darius felt about Kimiâ's childhood behavior not aligned with prescribed gender norms in Iran?
(a) Resentment.
(b) Regret.
(c) Denial.
(d) Acceptance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kimiâ describes punk music as a genre that "denounces the hypocrisy of" (267) what?

2. Which character does Emma predict will be a boy?

3. Which group is said to have hated Darius because they believed he had turned Iran over to the mullahs?

4. When the soldier in Side A: Chapter 9 shoots Mina, what part of her body does the bullet enter?

5. How many people were inside Darius's family's apartment the day it was raided?

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