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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which sea borders the province of Mazandaran in Iran?
(a) Caspian.
(b) Red.
(c) Mediterranean.
(d) Black.

2. At the start of Chapter 2, Kimiâ receives a phone call telling her that which character has died?
(a) Uncle Number Six.
(b) Sara.
(c) Uncle Number Two.
(d) Darius.

3. Which family member of Kimiâ's often told her and her sisters the story about Montazemolmolk?
(a) Uncle Number Three.
(b) Uncle Number Five.
(c) Uncle Number Six.
(d) Uncle Number Two.

4. In the final words of the novel's prologue, Kimiâ states that she is taking what action?
(a) Thinking.
(b) Crying.
(c) Grieving.
(d) Waiting.

5. Kimiâ compares the process of exile to what biological process?
(a) Giving birth.
(b) Dying.
(c) Going through puberty.
(d) Being born.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which country's philosophy regarding immigration does Kimiâ find fault in Side A: Chapter 6?

2. In what years were the two albums Kimiâ discusses in Chapter 7 released?

3. How did Darius feel when he received the news that Sara had gone into labor and that he needed to get to the hospital immediately?

4. What false meaning does Darius provide for the term "vagin" (106) when he lies about it?

5. What term is NOT used to explain a certain character's aversion to escalators?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what natural human process does Kimiâ compare exile and why?

2. In what way does the music motif arise within Kimiâ's discussion of integration?

3. What sort of evidence does Kimiâ provide in order to back up her claim that the phrase "effort to integrate" lacks both "sincerity and openness" (111)?

4. What is Kimiâ's understanding of the source of her social anxiety?

5. In what way does the theme of deception arise within Chapter Side A: Chapter 7?

6. According to Kimiâ, how did her successful transition to living by the cultural codes of France change her personality?

7. What does the escalator symbolize within the prologue of Disoriental?

8. What distinction does Kimia make between the two terms of Sara and Mom and what is her purpose in doing so?

9. How is the theme of loss intertwined with the theme of transformation within Chapter 3?

10. How does Kimiâ portray "the Iranian woman's lot" in Side A: Chapter 4?

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