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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. What part of Mina's body is said to be "a constant reminder that she'd paid her debt to" (262) Iran?
(a) Her eye.
(b) Her leg.
(c) Her foot.
(d) Her ear.

2. Sara told her children that she had always wanted to marry a man with which two features?
(a) Baldness and blue eyes.
(b) A well-coiffed head of hair and brown eyes.
(c) Green eyes and strong hands.
(d) Blue eyes and glasses.

3. In what year was Mina born?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1967.

4. In what type of a dwelling did the Sadrs live after relocating to Paris?
(a) An apartment.
(b) A house.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A motel.

5. What country is Mina said to have idealized throughout her childhood?
(a) The United States.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) Greece.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Darius resign from the Iranian newspaper called Keyhan?

2. To whom does Darius lie about the meaning of the term "vagin" (106)?

3. What is the meaning of the Persian phrase "Amou Djan" (55)?

4. In a footnote, Kimiâ writes that Mazandaran is a province in what part of Iran?

5. Kimiâ recalls Darius telling her that the "only weapon" (63) available to religious leaders was what?

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