View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 - 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the mother at a nearby table do when she hears Parveen tell Sahar about being transsexual?
(a) She asks the owner to kick Parveen and Sahar out.
(b) She calls the police.
(c) She tells Parveen she is brave.
(d) She rushes her children out of the restaurant.

2. How does Parveen describe the way she felt since she was very young?
(a) Depressed and suicidal.
(b) Confident in who she was.
(c) Like and outcast.
(d) Trapped in the wrong body.

3. What does the man in the Peugeot do when his car stops near the Mercedes?
(a) He flirts with Sahar.
(b) He tells the woman they should not be out without a man.
(c) He throws a piece of paper with his phone number on it.
(d) He tries to race them.

4. What does Nasrin's brother Dariush do for work?
(a) He is a teacher.
(b) He is a lawyer.
(c) He is a mechanic.
(d) He is a carpenter.

5. What did Sahar's and Nasrin's mothers have in common?
(a) They came from affluent families.
(b) They went to university.
(c) They married wealthy men.
(d) They came from poor families.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sahar learn at the Medhis dinner party when she finds Nasrin in the bathroom?

2. Who does Katayoun tell Sahar helped pay for the hormones she brings her to Restaurant Javan in Chapter 13?

3. What does Sahar feel certain is going to happen when the officer stops in the alley near Tehran University?

4. What does Nasrin tell Ali his friends only like him for?

5. Why does Nasrin begin to panic at Restaurant Javan?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 341 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample