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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 news from Kathy's mother comes in the mail?
(a) She is sending Kathy airplane tickets.
(b) She wants Kathy to come home for a visit.
(c) She is coming to visit her on Labor Day.
(d) She wants Kathy to call her.

2. Why is Kathy upset when Nadereh says she resembles Soraya?
(a) Soraya is ugly.
(b) Soraya is much fatter.
(c) Soraya is Iranian.
(d) Soraya's life has been better than hers.

3. Why does Nadereh ask Kathy to write the things she has told her during their visit?
(a) She wants to show the sheriff.
(b) She wants to have written proof.
(c) She understands written English better.
(d) She wants to show her husband.

4. Why does Behrani maintain an expensive apartment although his income is low?
(a) Because he doesn't understand money.
(b) To impress his daughter's potential husbands.
(c) To impress his son's high school friends.
(d) Because he has signed an extended lease.

5. Where do Kathy and Lester spend the night together?
(a) His friend's fish camp.
(b) His friend's trailer.
(c) A motel in Redwood City.
(d) A motel in San Bruno.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lester arrives at the house, what law does he tell Behrani he has broken?

2. Why does Esmail become angry with his father?

3. What two things does Esmail like about the new house?

4. Why is Behrani comfortable in the sheriff's office?

5. What American saying is similar to, "If there is no snake at your feet, do not lift rocks at the side of the road"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Behrani quitting both his jobs?

2. Why does Behrani say that he is not a man of faith?

3. What is Kathy's intention in calling her brother Frank, and why doesn't she do as she intended?

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 does Nadereh accuse Behrani of ruining their country and her life?

7. What is the BEAST that Kathy has been taught to avoid?

8. Why is Nadereh happier in the little house than she had been in the expensive apartment?

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

10. In the first meeting between Behrani and Kathy, what does he advise her to do?

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