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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. From a young age, Kimiâ had been sure that she was a what?
(a) A girl.
(b) A future doctor.
(c) A sea creature.
(d) A boy.

2. What does the Persian title "Aryamehr" (90) mean, according to Kimiâ?
(a) Son of the Aryans.
(b) Daughter of the Aryans.
(c) Sun of the Aryans.
(d) King of the Aryans.

3. What does the Persian title "Shahanshahe" (90) mean, according to Kimiâ?
(a) Prince of princes.
(b) King of kings.
(c) Lord of lords.
(d) Deity of deities.

4. At the beginning of the marriage between Darius and Sara, how had the two felt about having children?
(a) Sara had definitely wanted children, while Darius had not.
(b) Darius had definitely wanted children, while Sara had not.
(c) Both had wanted children.
(d) Neither had wanted children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what phrase does Kimiâ find fault in regard to members of the diaspora?

2. In Side A: Chapter 1, what sets Kimiâ apart from the other people around her?

3. To whom does Darius lie about the meaning of the term "vagin" (106)?

4. Who had been trying to decide whether to write an article or to resign when the news arrived that Sara had gone into labor with Mina?

5. Kimiâ states in the prologue, "All I know is that these pages won't be" (13) what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. On what two occasions had Mina saved Darius's life, according to Kimiâ?

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

8. Provide an example of a social situation in which Kimiâ feels anxiety.

9. What message about the nature of superstition is sent within Side A: Chapter 6?

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

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