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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. Why is Mrs. Medhi happy when she comes home to find Sahar and Dariush drinking tea?
(a) She was dying for tea.
(b) Dariush finally stopped playing his guitar.
(c) She always wanted them to marry.
(d) Dariush is drinking tea the Persian way, not the European way like he used to.

2. What does the man in the Peugeot do when his car stops near the Mercedes?
(a) He flirts with Sahar.
(b) He throws a piece of paper with his phone number on it.
(c) He tells the woman they should not be out without a man.
(d) He tries to race them.

3. Why has Sahar been carrying around a book of Persian poetry since Ali's party?
(a) To give to Farshad.
(b) To give to Daughter if she sees her again.
(c) To give to Parveen.
(d) To read to Nasrin.

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

5. What does Ali tell Nasrin when he first meets them at Restaurant Javan?
(a) He wishes she had been arrested.
(b) It is good she will be her husband's problem soon enough.
(c) She should not dress so provocatively.
(d) Sahar is too god for her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the mother at a nearby table do when she hears Parveen tell Sahar about being transsexual?

3. Who first greets Sahar and Parveen when they arrive at the meeting in Chapter 8?

4. What excuse does Sahar offer the officers who stop her and Nasrin while walking home from school?

5. How long before the narrative began did Sahar and Nasrin first kiss?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nasrin's engagement make Sahar feel more concerned about continuing their already dangerous relationship?

2. Describe Maryam. How does she interact with those in her group? What do you think the purpose of this character is?

3. What do Sahar and Parveen eat at a restaurant which always makes Sahar feel American? What does she hear about Americans?

4. What excuse does Sahar give to Mrs. Medhi in Chapter 5 when she asks Sahar why she has not visited lately?

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

6. 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?

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

8. How does Sahar know one of the officers who stops Nasrin after school? Where does he bring them?

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

10. Chapter 3 opens two weeks after Nasrin's dinner party. How has Sahara felt or behaved since that night?

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