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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 stand in the back of the bus on the way to Ali's party?
(a) She likes to be near the emergency exit.
(b) She does not want anyone to see her.
(c) Women have to stand in the back.
(d) She dislikes the bus driver.

2. What do Nasrin and her mother constantly argue about in Chapter 9?
(a) How much money they are spending.
(b) Which dress to buy.
(c) Whether or not she should marry Reza.
(d) Why Sahar had to come with them.

3. Which character tells Sahar she needs to understand that "this isn't a game...something you just try on" (102)?
(a) Jamshid.
(b) Maryam.
(c) Goli.
(d) Behrooz.

4. What excuse does Sahar make for what she was doing in Baba's room in Chapter 10?
(a) She has not slept in days.
(b) She needed money for groceries.
(c) She had to watch the DVD for school.
(d) She is dressing like a man for one of Nasrin's music videos.

5. Who is Soraya?
(a) Cyrus's wife.
(b) Mrs. Medhi's sister.
(c) The Medhi's servant.
(d) Nasrin's cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nasrin tell Sahar her mother had been grooming her all her life to become?

2. What lie did Sahar tell her father when she was really meeting Parveen at the meeting?

3. How old is Reza?

4. What food always makes Sahar feel American?

5. What does Sahar learn at the Medhis dinner party when she finds Nasrin in the bathroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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. 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?

4. Where does Parveen bring Sahar at the start of Chapter 8? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Sahar learn that Parveen is transsexual?

(see the answer keys)

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