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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. Once Darius believed that Kimiâ was interested in economics, he started to summon her at what time every day?
(a) The afternoon.
(b) The evening.
(c) Midnight.
(d) The morning.

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

3. In Side A: Chapter 1, what sets Kimiâ apart from the other people around her?
(a) She is dressed up.
(b) She has a partner and everyone else is alone.
(c) She is silent.
(d) She is alone and everyone else has a partner.

4. What false meaning does Darius provide for the term "vagin" (106) when he lies about it?
(a) Menstruation.
(b) Dress.
(c) Lubrication.
(d) Boyfriend.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years after Mina's first rescue of her father does she save his life again?

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

3. Kimiâ uses all capital letters every time she refers to what two-word mysterious term used by her family members?

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

5. Darius is said to have had a "spot" of what substance "on the middle finger of his right hand" (82) at the time he met Sara?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What connection does Darius draw between organized religion and fear?

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

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

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

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

10. 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)?

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