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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 would grow up to be a what?
(a) A man.
(b) A woman.
(c) A heterosexual.
(d) A gay person.

2. 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) January.
(c) August.
(d) February.

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

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

5. Kimiâ recalls Darius telling her that the "only weapon" (63) available to religious leaders was what?
(a) Shame.
(b) Fear.
(c) Money.
(d) Deception.

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

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

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

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

10. What did the doctor tell Kimiâ would happen if she moved around before she has fully recuperated from her illness?
(a) She would always be poor.
(b) She would lose her arm.
(c) She would become barren.
(d) She would never be able to feel love.

11. How many years after Mina's first rescue of her father does she save his life again?
(a) 11.
(b) 3.
(c) 23.
(d) 7.

12. What is the real meaning of the term "vagin" (106) in Persian?
(a) A type of alcohol.
(b) Vagina.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Sex.

13. What activity had Darius been doing in his office when he got the news that Sara's water had broken?
(a) Writing a letter to the Shah.
(b) Making phone calls.
(c) Chain-smoking.
(d) Exercising.

14. Which family member of Kimiâ's often told her and her sisters the story about Montazemolmolk?
(a) Uncle Number Six.
(b) Uncle Number Five.
(c) Uncle Number Two.
(d) Uncle Number Three.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose reputation and life is Darius attempting to save by lying about the meaning of the term "vagin" (106)?

2. Kimiâ states in Chapter 7 that "an exile" (140) is condemned to commit what act?

3. How old was Darius when he married Sara?

4. At the start of Chapter 2, Kimiâ receives a phone call telling her that which character has died?

5. At the beginning of Side A: Chapter 5, Kimiâ states, "I'm the granddaughter of a woman born into a" (86) what?

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