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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. What does Kathy do to try to help Nadereh while she sleeps?
2. What does Lester call the Whore Twenty-Four?
3. Why does Nadereh believe the Behranis must help Kathy?
4. How much bail will Lester have to pay to get out of jail?
5. Why do the police release Behrani with no charges against him?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Kathy feel as she goes back into the house to wait for Lester?
2. Behrani says that he sometimes believes he is being punished. What does he think he is being punished for, and how is this similar to Kathy's feelings?
3. Kathy says that she only has one hope now while she's waiting for Lester to return. What does she hope?
4. As Kathy reviews events in her mind, she believes that she was willing to let Lester do anything to put off one moment. What is she so anxious to postpone?
5. How do his fellow officers feel about Lester after he has been arrested?
6. What is Connie Walsh's planned defense for Kathy?
7. As Kathy takes the pills to kill herself, how does her attitude toward the Behranis change?
8. Why does Kathy feel a sense of unreality while she is in the hospital?
9. After Esmail has been shot, the shooting officer looks at Lester. He needs a critical piece of information and Lester doesn't have it, either. What is that piece of information?
10. Why does Lester conclude that the Behranis have told him the truth about Kathy's situation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
One definition of addiction is behavior that we continue even when we get negative consequences or when we know our actions are bad for us. When Kathy is waiting for something to happen, rather than taking action, she watches movies back to back, often without remembering what she has watched. Are movies another addiction for her? Can things that are not chemical be addictive? List Kathy's addictions and discuss the effect they have on her life.
Essay Topic 2
Lester has said that he loves and admires his wife. Why do you think he is willing to cause such pain to someone he loves and admires? Do you think he is surprised when she comes to the sheriff's office and creates a scene? Using quotations and facts from the story, analyze Lester's relationship with his wife.
Essay Topic 3
The breaking of promises is a significant theme in this story. Behrani, Kathy, and Lester all make vows and break them. Choose one of the three characters. Analyze the promises they make and their motivation for breaking those promises. For example, the HALT advice for addicts is useful, but ignored by Kathy. How might the story have been different if she and/or Lester had followed the HALT prescription?
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