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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Sahar do when her father begins to speak to her mother's grave as if she were there?
(a) She tells him to stop.
(b) She joins in the conversation.
(c) She laughs hysterically.
(d) She becomes quiet and listens.

5. Why are Nasrin and Sahar at a hair salon at the start of Chapter 19?
(a) They are getting ready for Nasrin's wedding.
(b) They are celebrating that Sahar got into Tehran University.
(c) They are having one last day together before Sahar moves.
(d) They are getting ready for Sahar's wedding.

6. What does Ali tell Sahar he will do to try to entice her to move with him?
(a) Send her pictures of Turkish women.
(b) Take Nasrin with him.
(c) Set her up with a good job.
(d) Load his apartment with biology books.

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

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

9. 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?
(a) Goli.
(b) Maryam.
(c) Katayoun.
(d) Parveen.

10. 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 Nasrin her plan first.
(b) She begs her to tell her father first.
(c) She begs her not to have the surgery.
(d) She begs her to set her up with Ali.

11. What does Maryam say when Katayoun says she wonders if it would be better if she were dead?
(a) Probably.
(b) Give it a shot.
(c) Don't say that.
(d) Of course not.

12. Who picks Nasrin up in a Mercedes on her wedding day?
(a) Mr. Medhi.
(b) Mom and Daughter.
(c) Ali.
(d) Reza.

13. What does Sahar ask Nasrin at the end of Chapter 14 when they are in her apartment having tea?
(a) If Nasrin would run away to Switzerland with her.
(b) If Nasrin really thinks Reza loves her.
(c) If Nasrin could stop coming over since she is now engaged.
(d) If Nasrin would marry her if she were a man.

14. Why do the men at Restaurant Javan not touch Katayoun and Sahar when they are fighting?
(a) Men are not allowed to touch women in public.
(b) They fear Farshad.
(c) They know Ali would kill them.
(d) They are afraid of them.

15. What does Sima give Sahar advice about at Nasrin and Reza's party in Chapter 11?
(a) Makeup.
(b) University exams.
(c) Dealing with Nasrin's marriage.
(d) Dating.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brings an injured Ali to Sahar and Baba's apartment in Chapter 16?

2. Why does Sahar say she could not leave Iran when Ali asks her to move with him?

3. What does Parveen agree to do when Sahar says she is determined to go through with the surgery?

4. Whose help does Sahar call for when Ali shows up injured at their apartment in Chapter 16?

5. Where does Taraneh suggest she and Sahar go alone together?

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