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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. What does Connie Walsh say would be the best outcome of the situation with the house?
(a) Behrani would rescind the sale and the county would return his money.
(b) Behrani would get full market value from the county.
(c) Kathy would be compensated for her inconvenience.
(d) The county would help Kathy find a comparable house.

2. Why does Behrani wear his best clothes for the appointment with Connie Walsh?
(a) He wants to be handsome.
(b) He considers it important business.
(c) He wants to appear wealthy.
(d) He wants to seem aggressive.

3. What does Kathy lie to Lester about when he asks her what she learned from Connie Walsh?
(a) That Connie Walsh has promised to have her home by the weekend.
(b) That the lawyer has promised to have her home by next month.
(c) That the Behranis have agreed to move out.
(d) That the county has agreed to pay her full market price for her house.

4. What is Kathy beginning to hope when Lester invites her to bring her things to the fish camp?
(a) That they will stay at the cabin forever.
(b) That they will go away together.
(c) That he will marry her.
(d) That he will want to have children with her.

5. What bad news does Lester bring Kathy after he visits two more lawyers?
(a) Her only legal recourse is against the county for money damages.
(b) Her only legal recourse is to leave town.
(c) Her only legal recourse is to sue the Behranis.
(d) Her only recourse is an injunction against the Behrani family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nadereh call Behmani a chicken?

2. What wrongdoing does Lester admit to Kathy during their dinner in the Orion Room?

3. What does Kathy say to Behrani when they meet for the first time?

4. To what substances is Kathy addicted?

5. What is a najar?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Behrani quitting both his jobs?

2. When Behrani visualizes their happy future in America, his imagination goes beyond reality. What does he visualize that will never be possible?

3. Why does Lester believe Behrani deserves to be punished by him?

4. Do you think Lester's advice to Kathy when he helps her after the eviction is correct?

5. How is Kathy like Behrani in her outlook on life?

6. Why is Kathy upset about the utility bills she gets in the mail?

7. How does the letter from Connie Walsh change the way Behrani is feeling?

8. How does Kathy feel about her drinking when she is in the motel with Lester, and why is it important to the story?

9. Why is Kathy surprised when the officers come to evict her from her home?

10. Why does Behrani ask Kathy if she thinks he is stupid?

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