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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lester call the Whore Twenty-Four?
(a) His wife.
(b) His car.
(c) The policeman's sense of always being on duty.
(d) Kathy.

2. Why hasn't Lester told Esmail the gun was empty?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Anger.
(c) Fear.
(d) Spite.

3. How does Kathy help Nadereh when she first realizes she is in pain?
(a) She drives her to the emergency room.
(b) She calls the doctor and picks up her prescription.
(c) She fixes her a meal and puts on her music.
(d) She opens her medicine bottle and closes the shade.

4. 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 deserving of every bad thing that has ever happened.
(d) She is grateful for Nadereh's help.

5. Why does the guard advise Lester not to reveal his occupation?
(a) It could increase his sentence.
(b) The other prisoners don't think well of cops.
(c) The other prisoners might make fun of him.
(d) The guards might be harder on him.

6. Why does Kathy think the police will come looking for her now that she has returned to the house?
(a) She was driving drunk.
(b) She planned to commit arson.
(c) She purchased illegal drugs.
(d) She pointed a gun at the gas station attendant.

7. What does Lester's daughter think happens to the sun each evening?
(a) It hid behind the mountains.
(b) It exploded.
(c) It fell from the sky.
(d) The ocean put it out.

8. Why does Esmail say they are behaving like thugs?
(a) They have been rude to Lester.
(b) They have treated Kathy unkindly.
(c) They are refusing to return Kathy's house.
(d) They have threatened Kathy.

9. Why is Behrani upset that he has called Lester by his name?
(a) He does not want to be on familiar terms with him.
(b) He does not wish to seem respectful.
(c) It sounds too friendly.
(d) He is not supposed to know it.

10. Why is Nadereh angry with Behrani after he forces Kathy to leave?
(a) She hates the widow's walk.
(b) He doesn't make enough money.
(c) He refuses to take her home to Iran.
(d) He has lied to her.

11. Why doesn't Behrani attempt to explain events to Lester while he seems weak?
(a) Behrani plans to kill Lester with the wrecking bar.
(b) Behrani believes that it is the weak who are truly dangerous.
(c) Behrani is confused himself.
(d) Behrani is too angry.

12. What new crimes has Lester now committed as he locks the Behrani family in the bathroom?
(a) Burglary and blackmail.
(b) Assault with a deadly weapon and false imprisonment.
(c) Extortion and robbery.
(d) Assault and battery.

13. How does Behrani react to his wife's leaving the burden of action to him while they are held hostage?
(a) He is flattered and grateful.
(b) He is pleased and honored.
(c) He is grateful and resentful.
(d) He is frightened and resentful.

14. Why does Lester think the Behranis have hurt Kathy as he watches through the window?
(a) She is barely conscious on the bed.
(b) She is screaming for help.
(c) She is unconscious on the floor.
(d) She is in an ambulance.

15. What effect does the ruby in Behrani's ring have on Lester?
(a) He thinks Behrani will defeat him.
(b) He thinks Behrani is arrogant.
(c) He wants to have the ring.
(d) He thinks Behrani is rich.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Kathy burn down the house as she had intended?

2. What worries Behrani most about Lester's behavior as he breaks into their house?

3. What does Esmail find the courage to ask Behrani while they are locked in the bathroom?

4. Does Kathy feel like a criminal or an innocent victim as she thinks about what has happened while waiting in the hospital?

5. What does Esmail not know about Lester's gun?

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