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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. Kimiâ states that she does not suffer from social anxiety when what condition is present?
(a) When she is speaking English.
(b) When she is speaking French.
(c) When she is speaking Arabic.
(d) When she is speaking Persian.

2. What items are described in the prologue as serving "up their own reality" (11)?
(a) Short order cooks.
(b) Memories.
(c) Religious leaders.
(d) Stereotypes.

3. How old was Darius when he married Sara?
(a) 25.
(b) 45.
(c) 45.
(d) 38.

4. Kimiâ's name comes from term for "alchemy" (139) in what language?
(a) French.
(b) Persian.
(c) Arabic.
(d) Russian.

5. What activity had Darius always undertaken while talking to Kimiâ about economics?
(a) He shaved.
(b) He watered the plants.
(c) He ate his breakfast.
(d) He fed the dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sara told her children that she had always wanted to marry a man with which two features?

2. To whom had Kimiâ told her ideas about "a cashless world" (64) in an attempt to get her father Darius's attention?

3. What is the real meaning of the term "vagin" (106) in Persian?

4. Which sea borders the province of Mazandaran in Iran?

5. What did the doctor tell Kimiâ would happen if she moved around before she has fully recuperated from her illness?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In what way does the significant event on October 25, 1967 solve a dilemma for Darius?

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

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

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

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