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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kimiâ reports contracting a high fever how long after an object had been thrown through the Sadrs' apartment window?
(a) A few days.
(b) A few weeks.
(c) Nearly a year.
(d) A few months.

2. Which group is said to have believed that Darius was "a bourgeois agent of the CIA" (237)?
(a) The mullahs.
(b) The communists.
(c) The Shah's supporters.
(d) The conservatives.

3. Darius returned to his family how many days after Khomeini's arrival in Iran?
(a) 8.
(b) 3.
(c) 26.
(d) 13.

4. For how many years did Sara work on a book about her family's experiences before the book was complete?
(a) 9.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

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 Which character transformed from an extrovert to a "withdrawn, silent girl" (261) after her family's move to Paris?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

6. How old was Kimiâ when she discovered music as a way to bridge "the gap between the past and the present" (267)?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 18.

7. At whom is a soldier pointing a pistol when Mina vomits on the soldier's pant leg?
(a) Darius.
(b) Sara.
(c) Kimiâ
(d) Ramin.

8. Kimiâ describes punk music as a genre that "denounces the hypocrisy of" (267) what?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Class.
(c) Power.
(d) War.

9. Kimiâ tells the reader of her story, "I have no proof to show you. None. Not even a" (160) what?
(a) Photograph.
(b) Journal entry.
(c) Birth certificate.
(d) Passport.

10. When the soldier in Side A: Chapter 9 shoots Mina, what part of her body does the bullet enter?
(a) Her ear.
(b) Her arm.
(c) Her leg.
(d) Her foot.

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

12. What medical procedure does Kimiâ undergo at the end of Side A: Chapter 10?
(a) A pap smear.
(b) In vitro fertilization.
(c) Artificial insemination.
(d) A mammogram.

13. Mina is said to have "inherited" her "sharp sense of humor" (261) from which character?
(a) Emma.
(b) Kimiâ.
(c) Leïli.
(d) Sara.

14. What group is said to have viewed Darius as "a piece of intellectual scum" (237)?
(a) The socialists.
(b) The conservatives.
(c) The mullahs.
(d) The Shah's supporters.

15. What part of Mina's body is said to be "a constant reminder that she'd paid her debt to" (262) Iran?
(a) Her leg.
(b) Her eye.
(c) Her foot.
(d) Her ear.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The translation of what type of texts helped Kimiâ to learn English?

3. Who were Susan Hayward and Ava Gardner, the women Kimiâ names as her parents' favorites?

4. Which country earned the nickname of "the great Satan" (262) after Khomeini's ascent to power?

5. At what type of locations has Kimiâ spent years looking for her family's photograph albums?

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