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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

6. What is NOT an adjective Kimiâ uses to describe Dr. Gautier?
(a) Pale.
(b) Tall.
(c) Old.
(d) Sun-deprived.

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

8. 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.

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

10. Which group is said to have hated Darius because they believed he had turned Iran over to the mullahs?
(a) The conservatives.
(b) The communists.
(c) The socialists.
(d) The Shah's supporters.

11. How many of the two most valued physical characteristics in the Sadr family does Kimiâ claim to exhibit?
(a) 2.
(b) 0.
(c) 1.
(d) 1 and a half.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Kimiâ calls 1979 "the year of" (193) what?

3. In what year did Darius resign from the Iranian newspaper called Keyhan?

4. For how many years did Sara work on a book about her family's experiences before the book was complete?

5. Mina is said to have "inherited" her "sharp sense of humor" (261) from which character?

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