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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. How many people were inside Darius's family's apartment the day it was raided?
(a) Scores.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) None.
(d) Several.

2. Kimiâ's secret reason for swimming is that she wants a body like which punk musician?
(a) Ian Curtis.
(b) Peter Murphy.
(c) Siouxsie Sioux.
(d) Joe Strummer.

3. What does Anna do when she finds out that Kimiâ is pregnant?
(a) She kisses Kimiâ.
(b) She screams.
(c) She starts to sob.
(d) She high-fives Kimiâ.

4. In what year did hundreds of oppositionists begin to gather at Darius's home every Friday morning at eight o'clock?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1996.

5. In what year did Ruhollah Khomeini return to rule Iran after the Shah was deposed?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1977.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of Kimiâ's family members told her that if she kept up her behavior, people would think she was a lesbian?

2. At what type of locations has Kimiâ spent years looking for her family's photograph albums?

3. In what band did Kimiâ's physical role model play?

4. Who rebuked Kimiâ for upsetting their mother Sara with the change of her physical appearance?

5. Which group is said to have hated Darius because they believed he had turned Iran over to the mullahs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kimiâ's blue and white striped tee shirt symbolize within the narrative?

2. How do the lines of communication between the members of the Sadr family change once the family is exiled and moves to Paris?

3. For what purpose does Djavadi weave the music motif into the footnote for the title page of Side B?

4. How is the theme of isolation depicted within Side A: Chapter 8?

5. What is unusual about the footnote on page 263 within Side B: Chapter 2 and with what theme does it dovetail?

6. What does Khomeini mean when he says publicly that "The pens must be broken" (210)?

7. What is Kimiâ's secret reason for taking up the hobby of swimming?

8. What transformation does Mina undergo as a result of the family's relocation to France and why is it ironic?

9. What four-year endeavor does Sara undertake once the Sadr family is forced to flee to Paris and why does Kimia feel guilty in relation to Sara's endeavor?

10. What two traits does Kimiâ lack, both of which are deemed desirable traits within her family?

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