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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Baba call the school and tell them Sahar was sick at the start of Chapter 18?
(a) He needs her to cook him lunch.
(b) Sahar slept in and he did not want her to get into trouble.
(c) He wants to take her to where her mother is buried.
(d) He thought she should spend Ali's last day with him.

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

3. What does Parveen beg Sahar to do when they meet outside the Mirdamad Surgical Center at the start of Chapter 15?
(a) She begs her to tell her father first.
(b) She begs her to set her up with Ali.
(c) She begs her not to have the surgery.
(d) She begs her to tell Nasrin her plan first.

4. Why does Reza come to find Sahar at her school in Chapter 20?
(a) He cannot find Nasrin.
(b) He found out about her and Nasrin.
(c) He needs money.
(d) Nasrin has been very depressed.

5. Who went dress shopping with Sahar to find something to wear to Nasrin and Reza's party?
(a) Parveen.
(b) Baba.
(c) Ali.
(d) Mrs. Medhi.

6. How does Ali manage to calm Katayoun when he arrives in the middle of their fight at Restaurant Javan?
(a) He flirts with her.
(b) He gives her a drink.
(c) He tells her the police are on their way.
(d) He gives her the hormones back.

7. Why is Sahar unable to write to Ali?
(a) She is too busy studying.
(b) She is afraid she will be arrested if she is caught.
(c) Baba has forbidden her to contact him.
(d) He has not given her his address.

8. Who is crying in the apartment with Ali when Baba and Sahar return from the cemetery in Chapter 18?
(a) Farshad.
(b) Nasrin.
(c) Parveen.
(d) Nasser.

9. Who does Sahar ask Ali to bring with him when he leaves Iran?
(a) Parveen.
(b) Maryam.
(c) Mom.
(d) Daughter.

10. What does Sahar tell Reza when he is playing classical Iranian music in his car?
(a) Nasrin hates classical.
(b) She loves classical.
(c) Nasrin loves classical.
(d) Classical music is boring.

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

12. What does Mrs. Medhi commission Baba to build for Nasrin and Reza?
(a) A bed.
(b) A dresser.
(c) A dining room set.
(d) A house.

13. Whose help does Sahar call for when Ali shows up injured at their apartment in Chapter 16?
(a) Cyrus.
(b) Reza.
(c) Goli.
(d) Farshad.

14. What does Sahar grind during the wedding ceremony in Chapter 1?
(a) Her teeth.
(b) A sugar cube.
(c) A rock of salt.
(d) A peppermill.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Medhi ask Sahar as they drive to Nasrin's wedding?

2. What does Nasrin say to Sahar regarding her being at the surgery center?

3. What did Sahar's mother give up in order to marry her father?

4. What does Sima give Sahar advice about at Nasrin and Reza's party in Chapter 11?

5. Who was with Sahar and her father when her mother was dying?

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