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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many pages in length did the letter described in Side A: Chapter 8 turn out to be?
(a) 84.
(b) 336.
(c) 224.
(d) 112.

2. Sara had repeatedly asked her daughters to help her translate her book into what language?
(a) English.
(b) Arabic.
(c) Persian.
(d) French.

3. What is NOT listed as one of the activities in which Kimiâ had been engaging when she was chastised by a family member in Side A: Chapter 10?
(a) Spitting.
(b) Jumping.
(c) Climbing trees.
(d) Laughing loudly.

4. How old was Kimiâ when she had a period of reading mostly poetry?
(a) 16.
(b) 23.
(c) 21.
(d) 18.

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 Which character transformed from an extrovert to a "withdrawn, silent girl" (261) after her family's move to Paris?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

6. Dr. Gautier's specialty within the infertility field is helping patients in what circumstance?
(a) Same-sex couples.
(b) Patients who have exhausted all other options.
(c) Patients who are HIV-positive.
(d) Patients with low sperm counts.

7. Who rebuked Kimiâ for upsetting their mother Sara with the change of her physical appearance?
(a) Emma.
(b) Darius.
(c) Mina.
(d) Leïli.

8. What emotion had Darius felt about Kimiâ's childhood behavior not aligned with prescribed gender norms in Iran?
(a) Resentment.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Denial.
(d) Regret.

9. Kimiâ describes her father Darius "tossing her into" (162) what body of water?
(a) The canal.
(b) The river.
(c) The sea.
(d) The lake.

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

11. Side B: Chapter 1 begins by including a journal entry written by which character?
(a) Mina.
(b) Kamran.
(c) Sara.
(d) Darius.

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

13. Instead of going home from high school at lunchtime, Kimiâ began to go to what location?
(a) The courtyard.
(b) The coffee shop.
(c) The swimming pool.
(d) The library.

14. What format of recorded music is featured within a footnote on the Side B title page?
(a) Compact discs.
(b) 45 rpm records.
(c) Cassette tapes.
(d) 8-tracks.

15. What color were Montazemolmolk's eyes, according to Kimiâ?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group is said to have viewed Darius as "a piece of intellectual scum" (237)?

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

3. How many people were inside Darius's family's apartment the day it was raided?

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

5. Which character had been the most eager to leave Iran, according to Kimiâ?

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