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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue and Chapters 1-4.

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) A well-coiffed head of hair and brown eyes.
(c) Baldness and blue eyes.
(d) Blue eyes and glasses.

2. How old was Sara when she married Darius?
(a) 30.
(b) 35.
(c) 20.
(d) 25.

3. Kimiâ recalls Darius telling her that the "only weapon" (63) available to religious leaders was what?
(a) Fear.
(b) Deception.
(c) Money.
(d) Shame.

4. 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)?
(a) The nose.
(b) The collarbone.
(c) The scalp.
(d) The eye.

5. What adjective does Kimiâ use to describe the nature of memory?
(a) Strange.
(b) Distant.
(c) Hazy.
(d) Imprecise.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a footnote, Kimiâ writes that Mazandaran is a province in what part of Iran?

2. Which character's "two sentences" are seen by Kimiâ to perfectly encapsulate "the Iranian woman's lot" (69)?

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

4. What activity had Darius always undertaken while talking to Kimiâ about economics?

5. In Side A: Chapter 1, what sets Kimiâ apart from the other people around her?

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