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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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)?
(a) The scalp.
(b) The collarbone.
(c) The eye.
(d) The nose.

3. From a young age, Kimiâ had been sure that she would grow up to be a what?
(a) A man.
(b) A heterosexual.
(c) A gay person.
(d) A woman.

4. In Side A: Chapter 1, what sets Kimiâ apart from the other people around her?
(a) She has a partner and everyone else is alone.
(b) She is dressed up.
(c) She is alone and everyone else has a partner.
(d) She is silent.

5. Kimiâ uses all capital letters every time she refers to what two-word mysterious term used by her family members?
(a) The incident.
(b) The tragedy.
(c) The end.
(d) The event.

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

7. Kimiâ compares the process of exile to what biological process?
(a) Being born.
(b) Going through puberty.
(c) Giving birth.
(d) Dying.

8. What kind of engagement keeps Pierre from being able to accompany Kimiâ to a particular wing of the hospital?
(a) Romantic.
(b) Political.
(c) Business-related.
(d) Educational.

9. Who had been especially surprised about Kimiâ's gender upon receiving the news of her arrival?
(a) Sara.
(b) Emma.
(c) Shirin.
(d) Mina.

10. In what month was Mina born?
(a) August.
(b) February.
(c) October.
(d) May.

11. By whom was Kimiâ's name chosen?
(a) Sara.
(b) Mina.
(c) Darius.
(d) Emma.

12. Which sea borders the province of Mazandaran in Iran?
(a) Black.
(b) Mediterranean.
(c) Red.
(d) Caspian.

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

14. What items are described in the prologue as serving "up their own reality" (11)?
(a) Stereotypes.
(b) Memories.
(c) Religious leaders.
(d) Short order cooks.

15. Who had been trying to decide whether to write an article or to resign when the news arrived that Sara had gone into labor with Mina?
(a) Darius.
(b) Uncle Number Two.
(c) Uncle Number Six.
(d) Leïli.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kimiâ's name comes from term for "alchemy" (139) in what language?

2. Darius is said to have had a "spot" of what substance "on the middle finger of his right hand" (82) at the time he met Sara?

3. Kimiâ calls Sara and Darius "the most" what kind of "couple in the family" (84)?

4. Once Darius believed that Kimiâ was interested in economics, he started to summon her at what time every day?

5. How old was Kimiâ when she pretended to be interested in economics to gain the attention of her father Darius?

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