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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mohammed Reza Pahlavi's title?

2. How many years after Mina's first rescue of her father does she save his life again?

3. What is the meaning of the Persian phrase "Amou Djan" (55)?

4. Darius had viewed parenthood in the way most people view what object, according to Kimiâ?

5. 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)?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the significant event on October 25, 1967 solve a dilemma for Darius?

2. To what natural human process does Kimiâ compare exile and why?

3. In what way does Kimiâ acknowledge within the prologue her own fallibility as a narrator?

4. What message does Djavadi send about the trauma associated with being exiled from one's own homeland?

5. What significant event occurs on October 25, 1967 within the Sadr family?

6. What connection does Darius draw between organized religion and fear?

7. What distinction does Kimia make between the two terms of Sara and Mom and what is her purpose in doing so?

8. What does the escalator symbolize within the prologue of Disoriental?

9. What sort of evidence does Kimiâ provide in order to back up her claim that the phrase "effort to integrate" lacks both "sincerity and openness" (111)?

10. Provide an example of a social situation in which Kimiâ feels anxiety.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Djavadi’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of Disoriental.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Djavadi's choice to have the story of Disoriental told by a first-person narrator who speaks directly to the reader throughout the novel. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Djavadi’s intended effects on the reader?

Essay Topic 3

How is the topic of family treated within Disoriental and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?

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