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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the police release Behrani with no charges against him?
(a) They believed him without corroboration.
(b) Kathy corroborated his story.
(c) Witnesses corroborated his story.
(d) Lester has corroborated his story.

2. When Esmail learns that Kathy has tried to commit suicide, what is his response?
(a) We should have kept her with us.
(b) We should call an ambulance.
(c) We should call the police.
(d) We should have moved.

3. What new charges could Behrani bring against Lester now that he is inside their home?
(a) Breaking and entering and brandishing a weapon.
(b) Extortion and burglary.
(c) Assault and battery.
(d) Breaking and entering and assault.

4. What does Lester pray for while he waits in jail?
(a) Kathy's safety.
(b) His wife's forgiveness.
(c) Esmail's recovery.
(d) A way out of all the trouble.

5. What does Kathy do to make things better at the house while she waits for Lester?
(a) She prepares dinner.
(b) She clears the broken glass from the door.
(c) She cleans the house.
(d) She writes a note of apology.

6. What does Esmail not know about Lester's gun?
(a) How to fire it.
(b) That it is loaded.
(c) That the safety is on.
(d) That it isn't loaded.

7. Does Kathy feel like a criminal or an innocent victim as she thinks about what has happened while waiting in the hospital?
(a) She feels that she is both of those things.
(b) She feels that she is a criminal, not a victim.
(c) She feels that she is a victim, not a criminal.
(d) She feels that both ideas about her are wrong.

8. How has Esmail reacted to Lester's breaking into their home and holding them at gunpoint?
(a) First with fear, then with anger.
(b) First with a sense of adventure, then with true fear.
(c) First with fear, then with a sense of adventure.
(d) First with anger, then with fear.

9. What does Alvarez explain to Behrani after Esmail has been shot?
(a) How serious Esmail's wound is.
(b) That he will give Behrani a ride to the hospital.
(c) His legal recourse against Lester.
(d) That the department regrets their error.

10. 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 grateful for Nadereh's help.
(c) She is a good person who doesn't deserve these misfortunes.
(d) She is deserving of every bad thing that has ever happened.

11. What does Lester instruct Kathy to think about while he is gone to the county offices with Esmail and Behrani?
(a) What to tell his boss.
(b) What to do with all that money.
(c) Someplace sunny they could go.
(d) Some way out of this mess.

12. Why does Behrani frighten the people on the street as he runs to the hospital?
(a) He is raving.
(b) He is screaming.
(c) He is covered with blood.
(d) He is running and appears insane.

13. How does Esmail surprise Lester as they enter the county building?
(a) By screaming for help.
(b) By taking his gun.
(c) By hitting him.
(d) By running away.

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

15. How does Nadereh try to reassure Esmail regarding the situation with Lester while they are locked in the bathroom?
(a) By telling him that his father is tougher than Lester.
(b) By tell ing him that his father is smarter than Lester.
(c) By telling him that his father outranks Lester.
(d) By telling him that his father is stronger than Lester.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kathy think the police will come looking for her now that she has returned to the house?

2. What does Kathy think her brother will do when he finds out what has happened?

3. What does Behrani believe he must do to save his son's life?

4. Why does Lester think the Behranis have hurt Kathy as he watches through the window?

5. What does Lester feel when his photo is taken in jail?

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