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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Side B: Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kimiâ's blue-and-white striped tee shirt symbolize within the narrative?
(a) Innocence.
(b) Childishness.
(c) Rage.
(d) Authenticity.

2. What emotion had Darius felt about Kimiâ's childhood behavior not aligned with prescribed gender norms in Iran?
(a) Resentment.
(b) Regret.
(c) Denial.
(d) Acceptance.

3. In what band did Kimiâ's physical role model play?
(a) X.
(b) Bauhaus.
(c) The Sex Pistols.
(d) The Ramones.

4. Kimiâ states that Darius had treated her during her childhood like what kind of a son?
(a) Pretty.
(b) Imaginary.
(c) Effete.
(d) False.

5. Side B: Chapter 1 begins by including a journal entry written by which character?
(a) Mina.
(b) Kamran.
(c) Sara.
(d) Darius.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kimiâ compares the process of exile to what biological process?

2. Dr. Gautier's specialty within the infertility field is helping patients in what circumstance?

3. What adjective does Kimiâ use to describe her teenage hips?

4. Kimiâ is adamant when she tells the reader that which character felt responsible for all that had transpired in the Sadr family?

5. Which character transformed from an extrovert to a "withdrawn, silent girl" (261) after her family's move to Paris?

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