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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 does Sahar worry more about seeing Nasrin since her engagement announcement?
(a) She knows how sad it will make her feel.
(b) She does not want to commit adultery.
(c) She does not want to hurt Reza.
(d) Nasrin has become cold to her.

2. What does Goli tell the group Sahar has, just like the rest of them?
(a) An interest in medicine.
(b) The same illness.
(c) Homosexual urges.
(d) Depression.

3. What does Ali say Sahar would spend all of her time doing if he and Nasrin were not there to put her in dangerous situations?
(a) Recite biology notes.
(b) Read Persian poetry.
(c) Work on math equations.
(d) Watch T.V.

4. Why are Sahar and Nasrin not afraid to hold hands when Sahar meets Nasrin at her school in Chapter 7?
(a) Nobody else is around.
(b) They have decided to be open about their relationship.
(c) Nasrin's friends all know about she and Sahar.
(d) It is customary for people of the same gender to hold hands.

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) Sahar is too god for her.
(d) She should not dress so provocatively.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what way is Sahar more like the type of child Nasrin's parents had hoped for?

3. What type of music does Dariush play on his guitar when Sahar visits their home in Chapter 5?

4. What does Ali sell for extra money?

5. What does Nasrin tell Ali his friends only like him for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. How do Ali and Nasrin interact when Ali first arrives at Restaurant Javan?

6. How does Sahar learn that Parveen is transsexual?

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

8. Why does Nasrin get stopped they the police while walking home from school with Sahar and a group of school friends?

9. Describe the scene at Ali's house when Sahar first arrives. What is the crowd like?

10. 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?

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