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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Kathy unable to speak when she wakes up in the hospital?
(a) She's suffering from traumatic stress.
(b) Her lawyer has advised her not to talk.
(c) Her throat was damaged when Behrani choked her.
(d) She damaged her throat from too much smoking.

2. How does Kathy say she feels about herself now that she is safe in bed inside the house?
(a) She is hopeful about her future with Lester.
(b) She is a good person who doesn't deserve these misfortunes.
(c) She is grateful for Nadereh's help.
(d) She is deserving of every bad thing that has ever happened.

3. What does Nadereh advise her husband to do while Lester is holding them hostage?
(a) Call the police.
(b) Try to overpower him.
(c) Invite Lester to eat.
(d) Threaten him with full disclosure of what he has done.

4. What does Deputy Gleason come to tell Lester when he sees him on the street with Behrani and Esmail?
(a) That Lester is under arrest.
(b) That he appreciates all that Lester taught him.
(c) That he hopes Lester will solve his marital problems.
(d) That Lester's reputation is being damaged.

5. What does Esmail say to defend his father when Lester is trying to decide if the Behranis have hurt Kathy?
(a) He has been kind to the woman.
(b) He won't hurt you.
(c) He never lies.
(d) He is stronger than you are.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kathy start to smile when she sees Connie Walsh in jail?

2. How does Esmail surprise Lester as they enter the county building?

3. What does Behrani promise to do if they are released from the bathroom?

4. What does Lester instruct Kathy to think about while he is gone to the county offices with Esmail and Behrani?

5. Why does the guard advise Lester not to reveal his occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which of the Behranis takes responsibility for saving Kathy when they find her after she took the pills?

2. Although Lester believes Behrani's story, he becomes angry again when Behrani describes Kathy as "drunk." Behrani is angry at Lester when he sees him studying his photo with the shah. How are these two moments similar?

3. Kathy says that she only has one hope now while she's waiting for Lester to return. What does she hope?

4. As Kathy takes the pills to kill herself, how does her attitude toward the Behranis change?

5. When Nadereh told Lester that her husband was "only good," Behrani believed that she had a different meaning than a positive comment on his character. What does Behrani believe Nadereh meant?

6. What is nazr?

7. Why does Kathy go sit in the car to wait for Lester to return? Why doesn't she stay inside the house?

8. After Esmail has been shot, the shooting officer looks at Lester. He needs a critical piece of information and Lester doesn't have it, either. What is that piece of information?

9. Why does Lester feel that his gun has become a "burdensome overreaction in the house?"

10. As Kathy reviews events in her mind, she believes that she was willing to let Lester do anything to put off one moment. What is she so anxious to postpone?

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