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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. Which of Parveen body parts looks masculine to Sahar?
(a) Her hands.
(b) Her ears.
(c) Her shoulders.
(d) Her nose.

2. What does Nasrin hope to become when she is older?
(a) An actress.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A beautician.
(d) A doctor.

3. What excuse does Sahar offer the officers who stop her and Nasrin while walking home from school?
(a) She tells them Nasrin's mother has been sick.
(b) She tells them Nasrin is not from Iran.
(c) She tells them Nasrin's father recently died.
(d) She tells them Nasrin's family is poor and she cannot afford new clothes.

4. What lie does Ali tell Baba so Sahar can go to his party?
(a) Sahar wants to go to the movies Friday.
(b) He needs Sahar's help with homework.
(c) Sahar wants to sleepover Nasrin's house.
(d) Sahar has a new job.

5. Why does Sahar know one of the officers who stops them when she and Nasrin walk home from school?
(a) He is one of her classmate's father.
(b) He used to work for her father.
(c) He is the man who gave his number to Mom and Daughter.
(d) He is Farshad from Ali's party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What excuse does Sahar make for what she was doing in Baba's room in Chapter 10?

2. How does Parveen describe the way she felt since she was very young?

3. What does Goli tell the group Sahar has, just like the rest of them?

4. How long ago did Sahar's mother die?

5. Where does Sahar go with Nasrin and her mother at the start of Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How long ago did Sahar's mother die? How has Baba been since her death? What does Sahar ask her father as he is struggling to cook her dinner in Chapter 10 after not having cooked since his wife died?

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

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

5. Who is Dariush? How is he described? How does he feel about Nasrin's engagement?

6. How does Nasrin react when she realizes that the clientele at Restaurant Javan are gay and trans?

7. How old is Sahar when she falls in love with Nasrin? What moment does she describe as the moment she fell in love with Nasrin?

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

9. 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?

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

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