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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which country earned the nickname of "the great Satan" (262) after Khomeini's ascent to power?
(a) Kurdistan.
(b) Iran.
(c) Iraq.
(d) The United States.

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

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

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

5. At what type of locations has Kimiâ spent years looking for her family's photograph albums?
(a) Garbage dumps.
(b) Flea markets.
(c) Museums.
(d) Thrift stores.

6. Kimiâ states, "People always think hard times bring you closer together, but that's not the case with" (264) what?
(a) Immigration.
(b) Emigration.
(c) Diaspora.
(d) Exile.

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

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

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

10. Who is said to have hated Darius for his "obsessive atheism" (237)?
(a) The conservatives.
(b) The communists.
(c) The Shah's supporters.
(d) The mullahs.

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

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

13. What country is Mina said to have idealized throughout her childhood?
(a) Greece.
(b) The United States.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anna do when she finds out that Kimiâ is pregnant?

2. What medical procedure does Kimiâ undergo at the end of Side A: Chapter 10?

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

4. Kimiâ reports contracting a high fever how long after an object had been thrown through the Sadrs' apartment window?

5. Sara had repeatedly asked her daughters to help her translate her book into what language?

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