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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character transformed from an extrovert to a "withdrawn, silent girl" (261) after her family's move to Paris?
(a) Leïli.
(b) Mina.
(c) Kimiâ.
(d) Emma.

2. What was the first band Kimiâ discovered one day in a record shop?
(a) Green Day.
(b) The Sex Pistols.
(c) Fleetwood Mac.
(d) U2.

3. What adjective does Kimiâ use to describe her teenage hips?
(a) Sensual.
(b) Wide.
(c) Narrow.
(d) Straight.

4. What color are Kimiâ's eyes?
(a) Green.
(b) Hazel.
(c) Blue.
(d) Brown.

5. Who were Susan Hayward and Ava Gardner, the women Kimiâ names as her parents' favorites?
(a) Famous actors.
(b) Famous sociologists.
(c) Famous artists.
(d) Famous authors.

6. For how many years had Ruhollah Khomeini been in exile before he returned to rule Iran?
(a) 5.
(b) 15.
(c) 25.
(d) 10.

7. What does Anna do when she finds out that Kimiâ is pregnant?
(a) She screams.
(b) She kisses Kimiâ.
(c) She starts to sob.
(d) She high-fives Kimiâ.

8. How many people were inside Darius's family's apartment the day it was raided?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) None.
(c) Several.
(d) Scores.

9. In what year did Darius resign from the Iranian newspaper called Keyhan?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1965.

10. Kimiâ says that contrary to everyone's expectations, she ended up accomplishing what goal?
(a) Getting into community college.
(b) Earning a high school diploma.
(c) Getting into graduate school.
(d) Passing the bar exam.

11. Kimiâ describes in Side A: Chapter 8 Darius's composition of a long letter to whom?
(a) The king.
(b) The Shah.
(c) The magistrate.
(d) The editor-in-chief of his newspaper.

12. Kimiâ is adamant when she tells the reader that which character felt responsible for all that had transpired in the Sadr family?
(a) Mina.
(b) Darius.
(c) Sara.
(d) Uncle Number Six.

13. To what object does Kimiâ compare punk music?
(a) A seatbelt.
(b) A life preserver.
(c) A firecracker.
(d) A bomb.

14. The translation of what type of texts helped Kimiâ to learn English?
(a) Short stories.
(b) Play scripts.
(c) Song lyrics.
(d) Poems.

15. What adjective does Kimiâ use to describe her partner Anna's smile near the end of Side B: Chapter 2?
(a) Impish.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Crooked.
(d) Wry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kimiâ says of her teenage years, "I think of my body as my only" (270) what?

2. What is NOT an adjective Kimiâ uses to describe Dr. Gautier?

3. In what band did Kimiâ's physical role model play?

4. What format of recorded music is featured within a footnote on the Side B title page?

5. How many photographs from her childhood does Kimiâ possess?

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