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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first name of Kimiâ's father?
(a) Saddeq.
(b) Darius.
(c) Marteen.
(d) Vahe.

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

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

4. 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) Frustrated.
(b) Scared.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Elated.

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

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

7. Kimiâ's name comes from term for "alchemy" (139) in what language?
(a) French.
(b) Persian.
(c) Russian.
(d) Arabic.

8. To whom does Darius lie about the meaning of the term "vagin" (106)?
(a) Mother.
(b) Uncle Number Three.
(c) Sara.
(d) Emma.

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

10. At the beginning of the marriage between Darius and Sara, how had the two felt about having children?
(a) Darius had definitely wanted children, while Sara had not.
(b) Neither had wanted children.
(c) Sara had definitely wanted children, while Darius had not.
(d) Both had wanted children.

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

12. In what years were the two albums Kimiâ discusses in Chapter 7 released?
(a) 1981 and 1984.
(b) 1977 and 1979.
(c) 1989 and 1990.
(d) 1992 and 1994.

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

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

15. Kimiâ reports often relegating her instructions to a waiter or salesperson to how many words during her time living in Paris?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month was Mina born?

2. Kimiâ states that she does not suffer from social anxiety when what condition is present?

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

4. Kimiâ states of the present time that all the reader needs "to know is that it's" (13) the 19th of what month?

5. How many years after Mina's first rescue of her father does she save his life again?

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