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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which country's philosophy regarding immigration does Kimiâ find fault in Side A: Chapter 6?
(a) Iran.
(b) The United States.
(c) France.
(d) Canada.

2. In what wing of Cochin Hospital does Side A: Chapter 1 begin?
(a) Intensive care.
(b) Maternity.
(c) Fertility.
(d) Burn.

3. Which character does Emma predict will be a boy?
(a) Sara.
(b) Kimiâ.
(c) Mina.
(d) Leïli.

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

5. Which character's "two sentences" are seen by Kimiâ to perfectly encapsulate "the Iranian woman's lot" (69)?
(a) Sara.
(b) Mina.
(c) Emma.
(d) Mirza-Ali.

6. Kimiâ states of the present time that all the reader needs "to know is that it's" (13) the 19th of what month?
(a) June.
(b) August.
(c) January.
(d) February.

7. With what phrase does Kimiâ find fault in regard to members of the diaspora?
(a) Efforts to simulate.
(b) Efforts to assimilate.
(c) Efforts to integrate.
(d) Efforts to ingratiate.

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

9. Which one of Kimiâ's uncles calls frequent meetings with his brothers to talk about their daughters' reputations?
(a) Uncle Number Six.
(b) Uncle Number Three.
(c) Uncle Number Two.
(d) Uncle Number One.

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

11. Darius had viewed parenthood in the way most people view what object, according to Kimiâ?
(a) A long wait in line.
(b) A five-course meal.
(c) An African safari.
(d) A ride at an amusement park.

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

13. 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.

14. What malady did Kimiâ contract in her childhood that caused a doctor to tell her she had to remain motionless?
(a) Mumps.
(b) Measles.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Chicken Pox.

15. What was Mohammed Reza Pahlavi's title?
(a) Shah.
(b) Governor.
(c) Czar.
(d) King.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kimiâ uses all capital letters every time she refers to what two-word mysterious term used by her family members?

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

3. In what month was Mina born?

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

5. What month of her pregnancy with Mina had Sara been entering when her water broke?

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