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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kimiâ states in the prologue, "All I know is that these pages won't be" (13) what?
(a) Clouded.
(b) Linear.
(c) Uplifting.
(d) Lucrative.

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

3. What adjective does Kimiâ use to describe the nature of memory?
(a) Hazy.
(b) Strange.
(c) Imprecise.
(d) Distant.

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

5. 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) Leïli.
(c) Uncle Number Six.
(d) Uncle Number Two.

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

7. Whose reputation and life is Darius attempting to save by lying about the meaning of the term "vagin" (106)?
(a) Emma.
(b) Leïli.
(c) Shirin.
(d) Sara.

8. In the final words of the novel's prologue, Kimiâ states that she is taking what action?
(a) Grieving.
(b) Waiting.
(c) Thinking.
(d) Crying.

9. From a young age, Kimiâ had been sure that she was a what?
(a) A sea creature.
(b) A future doctor.
(c) A boy.
(d) A girl.

10. How did Darius feel when he received the news that Sara had gone into labor and that he needed to get to the hospital immediately?
(a) Scared.
(b) Elated.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Frustrated.

11. Once Darius believed that Kimiâ was interested in economics, he started to summon her at what time every day?
(a) The afternoon.
(b) The evening.
(c) The morning.
(d) Midnight.

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

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

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

15. What two adjectives are used to describe Darius's feelings about the upcoming coronation?
(a) Expensive and luxurious.
(b) Corrupt and scandalous.
(c) Grotesque and ruinous.
(d) Silly and frivolous.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

4. What is the real meaning of the term "vagin" (106) in Persian?

5. What items does Emma use to predict the future, a time-honored tradition that has been passed down through generations?

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