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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What activity had Darius been doing in his office when he got the news that Sara's water had broken?
(a) Chain-smoking.
(b) Making phone calls.
(c) Writing a letter to the Shah.
(d) Exercising.

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

3. Emma is said to be the sole person in the Sadr family of what nationality?
(a) Prussian.
(b) Persian.
(c) Indian.
(d) Armenian.

4. How long after the wedding of Darius and Sara had Leïli been born?
(a) 11 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 9 months.

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

6. How old was Kimiâ when she pretended to be interested in economics to gain the attention of her father Darius?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

7. By whom was Kimiâ's name chosen?
(a) Mina.
(b) Emma.
(c) Sara.
(d) Darius.

8. From a young age, Kimiâ had been sure that she would grow up to be a what?
(a) A woman.
(b) A gay person.
(c) A heterosexual.
(d) A man.

9. From a young age, Kimiâ had been sure that she was a what?
(a) A boy.
(b) A future doctor.
(c) A sea creature.
(d) A girl.

10. What is the first name of Kimiâ's father?
(a) Saddeq.
(b) Darius.
(c) Vahe.
(d) Marteen.

11. In what years were the two albums Kimiâ discusses in Chapter 7 released?
(a) 1992 and 1994.
(b) 1981 and 1984.
(c) 1989 and 1990.
(d) 1977 and 1979.

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

13. How many years after Mina's first rescue of her father does she save his life again?
(a) 3.
(b) 23.
(c) 11.
(d) 7.

14. Who is Emma?
(a) Kimiâ's maternal great-grandmother.
(b) Kimiâ's maternal grandmother.
(c) Kimiâ's paternal great-aunt.
(d) Kimiâ's paternal grandmother.

15. Kimiâ states in Chapter 7 that "an exile" (140) is condemned to commit what act?
(a) To sleep.
(b) To exist.
(c) To leave.
(d) To wander.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kimiâ uses all capital letters every time she refers to what two-word mysterious term used by her family members?

2. In what year was Mina born?

3. Which of Kimiâ's sisters usually insists on calling her at the crack of dawn?

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

5. To what band does Kimiâ allude within her discussion of integration in Chapter 6?

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