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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is different about Daughter when she and Mom pick Sahar and Nasrin up at Restaurant Javan?
(a) She has a new ring.
(b) She will not speak to Sahar.
(c) She has a black eye.
(d) Her hair has been dyed.

2. What does an officer stop Nasrin and her friends as they walk home from school in Chapter 7?
(a) Nasrin and Sahar are holding hands.
(b) The group does not have a male chaperone.
(c) There are men walking with them.
(d) Nasrin's elbows are exposed.

3. How long before the narrative began did Sahar and Nasrin first kiss?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 3 years.

4. Who does Farshad tell Nasrin and Sahar to wait for at Restaurant Javan?
(a) Baba.
(b) Parveen.
(c) Cyrus.
(d) Ali.

5. What does Ali tell Sahar about Parveen at his party in Chapter 4?
(a) She is gay.
(b) She is his girlfriend.
(c) She is transsexual.
(d) She is a police officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character tells Sahar she needs to understand that "this isn't a game...something you just try on" (102)?

2. Why has Sahar been carrying around a book of Persian poetry since Ali's party?

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

4. What issue does Katayoun tell the group she has been having since her transition?

5. Sahar knows that it is dangerous to be gay in Iran, but she also worries that whom "can be stoned to death" (115)?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Sahar and Nasrin different physically, academically, and in their future goals?

2. What does Sahar's father catch her doing in his room when he is gone? What excuse does she give to him? What does he say about how she looks?

3. Why does Mrs. Medhi invite Sahar and her father to dinner at the start of Chapter 2? How does Sahar react when she discovers the reason while in the bathroom with Nasrin?

4. What happens when a mother overhears Parveen discussing being transsexual at Max Burger? How does Parveen react?

5. Who picks Sahar up for Ali's party? What is Sahar's first impression of her?

6. How does Sahar do in school? What are her plans after high school? How does she prepare to reach her goal?

7. At what moment does Sahar loosen up at Ali's party? Who helps her?

8. Why is sex reassignment surgery considered legal and government subsidized in Iran? Why do some gay people get this surgery?

9. Why are Nasrin and Sahar worried about what happened if someone finds out they are lovers? What happened to two boys in Mashad?

10. Who are Mom and Daughter? What happens when they drive home?

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