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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Baba say when Sahar says she is considering moving with Ali?
(a) He tells her it would be a good place for her.
(b) He asks if he can go with her.
(c) He tells her she should not live with Ali.
(d) He begs her to stay.

2. What does Nasrin tell Sahar, which she has not yet told Reza?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is dying.
(c) She is moving to India.
(d) She is going to ask for a divorce.

3. What unusual sight does Sahar see in her living room at the start of Chapter 18?
(a) Baba having tea with a woman.
(b) Ali cleaning.
(c) Baba and Ali praying.
(d) Nasrin napping on her couch.

4. What does Parveen do when Dr. Hosseini tells Sahar how excruciating the surgery is?
(a) She cries.
(b) She vomits.
(c) She tells Sahar he is exaggerating.
(d) She leaves the room.

5. What does Parveen agree to do when Sahar says she is determined to go through with the surgery?
(a) Get her started on hormones.
(b) Let her live with her if her father disowns her.
(c) Bring her to meet her surgeon.
(d) Help her fake parental permission.

6. Who does Katayoun tell Sahar helped pay for the hormones she brings her to Restaurant Javan in Chapter 13?
(a) The whole group.
(b) Ali.
(c) Nasrin.
(d) Reza.

7. Why does Sahar say Reza is able to afford such an expensive honeymoon?
(a) He works at a transsexual clinic.
(b) He sells drugs.
(c) He is a spoiled rich kid.
(d) He married into the Medhi family.

8. What does Nasrin tell Sahar outside by her pool when Sahar says Nasrin should marry her instead of Reza?
(a) She thought she would never ask.
(b) She begs her to help stop the wedding.
(c) Sahar is living a fantasy.
(d) She would run away with her now if she wanted her to.

9. What type of flower does Baba buy for them to put on his wife's grave at the cemetery?
(a) Red rose.
(b) Orange magnolia.
(c) White lily.
(d) Pink carnation.

10. What did Ali say Farshad wanted that Ali refused to give him?
(a) Parveen.
(b) Daughter.
(c) Himself.
(d) Mom.

11. What does Baba tell Sahar that Ali is doing at the start of Chapter 18?
(a) Planning to stay in Iran.
(b) Leaving that night.
(c) Applying for sex reassignment surgery.
(d) Ending all of his illicit dealings.

12. What is Ali doing while his friend is crying in the apartment with Ali when Baba and Sahar return from the cemetery in Chapter 18?
(a) Napping.
(b) Making phone calls.
(c) Comforting his friend.
(d) Watching a soap opera.

13. Who was with Sahar and her father when her mother was dying?
(a) Ali.
(b) Soraya.
(c) Ali's father.
(d) The Medhis.

14. Why do Sahar and Katayoun begin to fight at Restaurant Javan?
(a) Sahar tells Katayoun she does not look like a woman.
(b) Katayoun condemns gay people as perverts.
(c) Katayoun wants money from Sahar.
(d) Katayoun tells Sahar she thinks she is making a mistake.

15. Where does Nasrin tell Sahar she and Reza will go for their honeymoon?
(a) Istanbul.
(b) Dubai.
(c) Damascus.
(d) Cairo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Sahar while she is hitting Ali in her apartment in Chapter 17?

2. Why was Reza coming to Nasrin's house before they became engaged?

3. What does Sahar ask Nasrin at the end of Chapter 14 when they are in her apartment having tea?

4. What is Daugther's real name?

5. Which character speaks of how being checked out by a man makes her feel good because she is now seen as a woman at the meeting in Goli's in Chapter 12?

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