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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ali sell for extra money?
(a) T-Shirts.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Bootleg liquor.
(d) Banned CDs and DVDs.

2. What does Sahar plan to study at Tehran University?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Criminal Justice.
(d) Education.

3. Who first greets Sahar and Parveen when they arrive at the meeting in Chapter 8?
(a) Maryam.
(b) Goli.
(c) Jamshid.
(d) Behrooz.

4. What lie does Ali tell Baba so Sahar can go to his party?
(a) He needs Sahar's help with homework.
(b) Sahar has a new job.
(c) Sahar wants to sleepover Nasrin's house.
(d) Sahar wants to go to the movies Friday.

5. What excuse does Sahar offer the officers who stop her and Nasrin while walking home from school?
(a) She tells them Nasrin is not from Iran.
(b) She tells them Nasrin's mother has been sick.
(c) She tells them Nasrin's father recently died.
(d) She tells them Nasrin's family is poor and she cannot afford new clothes.

6. Sahar knows that it is dangerous to be gay in Iran, but she also worries that whom "can be stoned to death" (115)?
(a) Thieves.
(b) Adulterers.
(c) Drug dealers.
(d) Prostitutes.

7. Why does Nasrin tell Sahar she cannot live with her when Sahar goes to university?
(a) Her parents would not let her move out until she is married.
(b) She cannot afford an apartment.
(c) She does not think Sahar would make a good roommate.
(d) Nasrin plans to move to India.

8. In what way is Sahar more like the type of child Nasrin's parents had hoped for?
(a) She is studious and ambitious.
(b) She is beautiful and social.
(c) She is docile and domestic.
(d) She is wealthy and well-mannered.

9. Why are Nasrin and Sahar treated so well at Restaurant Javan?
(a) The waiter likes Nasrin.
(b) The waiter likes Sahar.
(c) They know Ali.
(d) Farshad told them to treat the girls well.

10. What happens when Sahar enters Nasrin's room where she has her music playing very loudly?
(a) Sahar yells at Nasrin for agreeing to marry Reza.
(b) Nasrin yells at Sahar for not visiting.
(c) Nasrin and Sahar laugh at all the ridiculous dresses Nasrin has.
(d) Nasrin kisses her more passionately than ever.

11. What does Sahar learn at the Medhis dinner party when she finds Nasrin in the bathroom?
(a) Nasrin is going to University.
(b) Nasrin is engaged.
(c) Nasrin is pregnant.
(d) Nasrin is moving to India.

12. Who is Soraya?
(a) Mrs. Medhi's sister.
(b) Cyrus's wife.
(c) The Medhi's servant.
(d) Nasrin's cousin.

13. Who come to Sahar's to take her to Ali's party?
(a) Ali.
(b) Nasrin.
(c) Dariush.
(d) Parveen.

14. Who does Mrs. Medhi tells Sahar was a good friend to her on her wedding day many years ago?
(a) Sahar's mother.
(b) Sima.
(c) Mrs. Medhi's mother.
(d) Soraya.

15. Who is the author of If You Could Be Mine?
(a) Sara Nasrin.
(b) Soraya Farizia.
(c) Sahar Farzine.
(d) Sara Farizan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sahar worry more about seeing Nasrin since her engagement announcement?

2. What does Ali give to the young girl who picks Sahar up from his party in Chapter 4?

3. What does Goli tell the group Sahar has, just like the rest of them?

4. How does Parveen describe the way she felt since she was very young?

5. What type of husband is Sahar sure Nasrin's parents will choose for their daughter?

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