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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 would grow up to be a what?
(a) A woman.
(b) A gay person.
(c) A heterosexual.
(d) A man.

2. With what phrase does Kimiâ find fault in regard to members of the diaspora?
(a) Efforts to integrate.
(b) Efforts to assimilate.
(c) Efforts to ingratiate.
(d) Efforts to simulate.

3. 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?
(a) Leïli.
(b) Uncle Number Two.
(c) Darius.
(d) Uncle Number Six.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after the wedding of Darius and Sara had Leïli been born?

2. What adjective does Kimiâ use to describe the nature of memory?

3. Which of Kimiâ's sisters usually insists on calling her at the crack of dawn?

4. Kimiâ's name comes from term for "alchemy" (139) in what language?

5. Kimiâ compares the process of exile to what biological process?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What explanation does Emma provide for the unexpected circumstances surrounding Kimiâ's birth?

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

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

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

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

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

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