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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. How does Ali get away with having such wild parties?
(a) He rents his apartment under a fake name.
(b) His parents work for the government.
(c) He pays off the guards.
(d) His father is a police officer.

2. Why do women take off their head scarfs in the store in Chapter 9?
(a) The store has no windows so they cannot be seen.
(b) It is very hot.
(c) They are getting their hair done.
(d) They are rebelling against Iranian law.

3. What happened to two boys years earlier in Mashad which many believe was because they were lovers?
(a) They were arrested.
(b) They were married.
(c) They were hanged.
(d) They committed suicide together.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What would Nasrin tell Sahar when they were young, which is when Sahar fall in love with her?

3. What does Nasrin's brother Dariush do for work?

4. What does Ali sell for extra money?

5. What does Ali say about Sahar when he introduces her to his friends?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Ali? What does he say when he visits Sahar in Chapter 3? What does he invite her to in an attempt to cheer her up?

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

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

5. What does Ali give Sahar that makes her realize he knows she is gay? How does she react?

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

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

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

9. How does Sahar learn that Parveen is transsexual?

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

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