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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 sea borders the province of Mazandaran in Iran?
(a) Caspian.
(b) Mediterranean.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

2. Darius had viewed parenthood in the way most people view what object, according to Kimiâ?
(a) A ride at an amusement park.
(b) A long wait in line.
(c) A five-course meal.
(d) An African safari.

3. In the final words of the novel's prologue, Kimiâ states that she is taking what action?
(a) Thinking.
(b) Waiting.
(c) Crying.
(d) Grieving.

4. 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?
(a) Blood.
(b) Grease.
(c) Ketchup.
(d) Ink.

5. Kimiâ states of the present time that all the reader needs "to know is that it's" (13) the 19th of what month?
(a) January.
(b) August.
(c) June.
(d) February.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kimiâ reports often relegating her instructions to a waiter or salesperson to how many words during her time living in Paris?

2. Kimiâ calls Sara and Darius "the most" what kind of "couple in the family" (84)?

3. In what way is Montazemolmolk related to Kimiâ and her sisters?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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