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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. Which one of Kimiâ's uncles calls frequent meetings with his brothers to talk about their daughters' reputations?
(a) Uncle Number Three.
(b) Uncle Number One.
(c) Uncle Number Two.
(d) Uncle Number Six.

2. In a footnote, Kimiâ writes that Mazandaran is a province in what part of Iran?
(a) Western.
(b) Eastern.
(c) Northern.
(d) Southern.

3. What is the real meaning of the term "vagin" (106) in Persian?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Sex.
(c) A type of alcohol.
(d) Vagina.

4. What was Mohammed Reza Pahlavi's title?
(a) King.
(b) Czar.
(c) Shah.
(d) Governor.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What had Darius been planning to do if he chose not to write a controversial article for the newspaper?

3. Kimiâ states in Chapter 7 that "an exile" (140) is condemned to commit what act?

4. What "compulsion" does Kimiâ report having "inherited from Sara" (83)?

5. From a young age, Kimiâ had been sure that she was a what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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