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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Which character had been the most eager to leave Iran, according to Kimiâ?
(a) Sara.
(b) Leïli.
(c) Mina.
(d) Kimiâ.

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

6. What action did Sara take after hugging Kimiâ and telling her about someone's death?
(a) She collapsed on the floor.
(b) She broke a cup.
(c) She burst into tears.
(d) She sent Kimiâ away.

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

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

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

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

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 Which character transformed from an extrovert to a "withdrawn, silent girl" (261) after her family's move to Paris?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

12. What does Anna do when she finds out that Kimiâ is pregnant?
(a) She kisses Kimiâ.
(b) She starts to sob.
(c) She screams.
(d) She high-fives Kimiâ.

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

14. In what type of a dwelling did the Sadrs live after relocating to Paris?
(a) An apartment.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A house.
(d) A motel.

15. Darius resigned from the newspaper called Keyhan when a SAVAK agent was appointed to what position?
(a) Editor-in-chief.
(b) Minister of propaganda.
(c) Lead writer.
(d) Lead correspondent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Kimiâ when she had a period of reading mostly poetry?

2. What promise does Kimiâ make to the person who rebukes her for "adding to [Sara's] suffering" (265)?

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

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

5. Kimiâ describes her father Darius "tossing her into" (162) what body of water?

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