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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Side A: Chapters 5-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sara told her children that she had always wanted to marry a man with which two features?
(a) Green eyes and strong hands.
(b) Baldness and blue eyes.
(c) Blue eyes and glasses.
(d) A well-coiffed head of hair and brown eyes.

2. Which character's "two sentences" are seen by Kimiâ to perfectly encapsulate "the Iranian woman's lot" (69)?
(a) Sara.
(b) Mina.
(c) Emma.
(d) Mirza-Ali.

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

4. What had Darius been planning to do if he chose not to write a controversial article for the newspaper?
(a) Flee.
(b) Buy the newspaper.
(c) Retire.
(d) Resign.

5. In what wing of Cochin Hospital does Side A: Chapter 1 begin?
(a) Burn.
(b) Intensive care.
(c) Maternity.
(d) Fertility.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What items does Emma use to predict the future, a time-honored tradition that has been passed down through generations?

3. Kimiâ states in Side A: Chapter 1 that Darius used to say that what part of the body is a "better listener than the ears" (21)?

4. From a young age, Kimiâ had been sure that she would grow up to be a what?

5. Once Darius believed that Kimiâ was interested in economics, he started to summon her at what time every day?

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