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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What items does Emma use to predict the future, a time-honored tradition that has been passed down through generations?
(a) Coffee grounds.
(b) Grains of sand.
(c) Tea leaves.
(d) Crystals.

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

4. Kimiâ states that she does not suffer from social anxiety when what condition is present?
(a) When she is speaking Arabic.
(b) When she is speaking Persian.
(c) When she is speaking French.
(d) When she is speaking English.

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

6. 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 eye.
(b) The collarbone.
(c) The nose.
(d) The scalp.

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

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

9. To what band does Kimiâ allude within her discussion of integration in Chapter 6?
(a) The Smiths.
(b) The Clash.
(c) The Cure.
(d) The Mars Volta.

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

11. Kimiâ states in Chapter 7 that "an exile" (140) is condemned to commit what act?
(a) To leave.
(b) To sleep.
(c) To exist.
(d) To wander.

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

13. Who is Emma?
(a) Kimiâ's maternal grandmother.
(b) Kimiâ's maternal great-grandmother.
(c) Kimiâ's paternal great-aunt.
(d) Kimiâ's paternal grandmother.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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. What false meaning does Darius provide for the term "vagin" (106) when he lies about it?

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?

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

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