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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. The novel's prologue focuses on whose aversion to the use of escalators?
(a) Darius.
(b) Mina.
(c) Marteen.
(d) Sara.

2. At the beginning of the marriage between Darius and Sara, how had the two felt about having children?
(a) Sara had definitely wanted children, while Darius had not.
(b) Neither had wanted children.
(c) Darius had definitely wanted children, while Sara had not.
(d) Both had wanted children.

3. To whom does Darius lie about the meaning of the term "vagin" (106)?
(a) Emma.
(b) Sara.
(c) Uncle Number Three.
(d) Mother.

4. What does Anna do when she finds out that Kimiâ is pregnant?
(a) She screams.
(b) She starts to sob.
(c) She kisses Kimiâ.
(d) She high-fives Kimiâ.

5. Kimiâ describes her father Darius "tossing her into" (162) what body of water?
(a) The lake.
(b) The canal.
(c) The river.
(d) The sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what location did Kimiâ hide when she saw "dozens of armed soldiers" (181) flow into the courtyard outside her family's apartment?

2. What does the Persian title "Shahanshahe" (90) mean, according to Kimiâ?

3. What country is Mina said to have idealized throughout her childhood?

4. Kimiâ reports contracting a high fever how long after an object had been thrown through the Sadrs' apartment window?

5. Kimiâ states in Side A: Chapter 1 that Darius used to say that what part of the body is a "better listener than the ears" (21)?

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