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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what substances is Kathy addicted?

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

3. Why does Nadereh sometimes go to bed for hours or days?

4. What is Kathy beginning to hope when Lester invites her to bring her things to the fish camp?

5. Why does Behrani believe that his daughter Soraya no longer respects him during her homecoming party?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happens to Kathy's Enemy Voice the last time she spends time with a married man?

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

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

10. Why does Kathy say she feels like a witch waiting for her brew to take effect?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does your personal opinion about these characters change as the story progresses? Do you take sides? Do you feel that one is right and the other wrong, that both are wrong, or that both are victims of someone else's error? Using the notes you made in your notebook during the early days of reading this book, discuss the changes in your own impressions of the characters. If your feelings changed, tell why. If they did not change, tell why.

Essay Topic 2

If Kathy had felt supported rather than criticized by her family, do you think the outcome of this story would have been different? Do you think her feelings are justified by their treatment of her? Using quotations and facts from the text, analyze Kathy's relationships with her mother and brother.

Essay Topic 3

Uniforms have a big effect on characters in this story. Perhaps even Kathy's way of dressing is a uniform of sorts, designed to create a specific impression on the men who look at her. Using quotations from the story, discuss the effect of Behrani's uniform, Lester's uniform, or Kathy's mode of dress on themselves and the other characters.

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