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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Which of Kimiâ's sisters usually insists on calling her at the crack of dawn?
(a) Nour.
(b) Leïli.
(c) Sara.
(d) Mina.

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

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

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

11. At the beginning of Side A: Chapter 5, Kimiâ states, "I'm the granddaughter of a woman born into a" (86) what?
(a) Wealthy family.
(b) Cruel world.
(c) Harem.
(d) Revolution.

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

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

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

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) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what wing of Cochin Hospital does Side A: Chapter 1 begin?

2. The novel's prologue focuses on whose aversion to the use of escalators?

3. Who had been especially surprised about Kimiâ's gender upon receiving the news of her arrival?

4. What "compulsion" does Kimiâ report having "inherited from Sara" (83)?

5. What did the doctor tell Kimiâ would happen if she moved around before she has fully recuperated from her illness?

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