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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Kimiâ states that Darius had treated her during her childhood like what kind of a son?
(a) Pretty.
(b) Effete.
(c) False.
(d) Imaginary.

3. In what year did Ruhollah Khomeini return to rule Iran after the Shah was deposed?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1967.

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

5. What activity does Kimiâ NOT mention as one of her favorite childhood activities?
(a) Skipping rope.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Climbing trees.
(d) Running.

6. Kimiâ's secret reason for swimming is that she wants a body like which punk musician?
(a) Ian Curtis.
(b) Joe Strummer.
(c) Siouxsie Sioux.
(d) Peter Murphy.

7. In what location did Kimiâ hide when she saw "dozens of armed soldiers" (181) flow into the courtyard outside her family's apartment?
(a) In a shed.
(b) A neighbor's apartment.
(c) Up in a tree.
(d) On the roof.

8. When Kimiâ returned home after a long period of absence, Sara hugged her and told her that which character had died?
(a) Mina.
(b) Emma.
(c) Khomeini.
(d) Darius.

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

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

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

12. What malady did Kimiâ pretend to have on the night Ramin was stopped by the curfew patrol several times?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Whooping cough.
(c) Appendicitis.
(d) Meningitis.

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

14. What promise does Kimiâ make to the person who rebukes her for "adding to [Sara's] suffering" (265)?
(a) She promises to increase her responsibilities for chores.
(b) She promises to apply to college.
(c) She promises to get a job.
(d) She promises to keep up her good grades.

15. Which character watched as Darius walked toward the mailbox to send his letter in Side A: Chapter 8?
(a) Sara.
(b) Uncle Number Two.
(c) Emma.
(d) Kimiâ.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action did Kimiâ take that resulted in Sara's decision to stop speaking to her for weeks?

2. Which group is said to have believed that Darius was "a bourgeois agent of the CIA" (237)?

3. What emotion had Darius felt about Kimiâ's childhood behavior not aligned with prescribed gender norms in Iran?

4. Who is said to have hated Darius for his "obsessive atheism" (237)?

5. Kimiâ describes punk music as a genre that "denounces the hypocrisy of" (267) what?

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