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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Side B: Chapters 3-5 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were Susan Hayward and Ava Gardner, the women Kimiâ names as her parents' favorites?
(a) Famous artists.
(b) Famous authors.
(c) Famous sociologists.
(d) Famous actors.

2. What term is NOT used to explain a certain character's aversion to escalators?
(a) Luxury.
(b) Abuse.
(c) Theft.
(d) Laziness.

3. At the very end of the epilogue, Kimiâ assures Sara that which character will "be home soon" (335)?
(a) Emma.
(b) Uncle Number Three.
(c) Mina.
(d) Darius.

4. Which character watched as Darius walked toward the mailbox to send his letter in Side A: Chapter 8?
(a) Uncle Number Two.
(b) Kimiâ.
(c) Emma.
(d) Sara.

5. Kimiâ first saw the woman she came to know as Anna in a bar themed around which famous writer?
(a) Fitzgerald.
(b) Camus.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Kafka.

Short Answer Questions

1. The second time Kimiâ saw the woman she would come to know as Anna, Anna had been playing what instrument in a band performing at a bar?

2. How old was Sara when she married Darius?

3. Who is said to have hated Darius for his "obsessive atheism" (237)?

4. Which sea borders the province of Mazandaran in Iran?

5. What activity had Darius always undertaken while talking to Kimiâ about economics?

(see the answer key)

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