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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. Who had been especially surprised about Kimiâ's gender upon receiving the news of her arrival?
(a) Mina.
(b) Shirin.
(c) Emma.
(d) Sara.

2. Kimiâ states in Side A: Chapter 1 that Darius used to say that what part of the body is a "better listener than the ears" (21)?
(a) The collarbone.
(b) The scalp.
(c) The nose.
(d) The eye.

3. What two adjectives are used to describe Darius's feelings about the upcoming coronation?
(a) Silly and frivolous.
(b) Grotesque and ruinous.
(c) Corrupt and scandalous.
(d) Expensive and luxurious.

4. What did the doctor tell Kimiâ would happen if she moved around before she has fully recuperated from her illness?
(a) She would become barren.
(b) She would never be able to feel love.
(c) She would always be poor.
(d) She would lose her arm.

5. By whom was Kimiâ's name chosen?
(a) Darius.
(b) Sara.
(c) Emma.
(d) Mina.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Mina born?

2. In a footnote, Kimiâ writes that Mazandaran is a province in what part of Iran?

3. Who is Emma?

4. Kimiâ states that she does not suffer from social anxiety when what condition is present?

5. Kimiâ recalls Darius telling her that the "only weapon" (63) available to religious leaders was what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. For what reason does Kimiâ's sister Leïli call her early in the morning at the start of Chapter 2?

3. Discuss an incident during Kimiâ's childhood that teaches her to distrust male authority figures.

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

5. What significant event occurs on October 25, 1967 within the Sadr family?

6. What message does Djavadi send about the trauma associated with being exiled from one's own homeland?

7. In what way does Kimiâ acknowledge within the prologue her own fallibility as a narrator?

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

9. Name one theme depicted within the epigraph of the novel Disoriental.

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

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