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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. What does Behrooz tell Sahar she must do in order to begin taking hormones?
(a) See a doctor.
(b) Tell her father.
(c) Apply for the government subsidy.
(d) Find a dealer.

2. What does Ali make Sahar do when he learns Katayoun brought her hormones?
(a) Leave him alone to chat with Katayoun.
(b) Call Nasrin and tell her what her plan is.
(c) Call her father and tell him.
(d) Give them back to Katayoun.

3. What does Nasrin ask when she first sees Sahar after Reza brought her to their home in Chapter 20?
(a) Why she did not move with Ali.
(b) If she misses her.
(c) What she is doing there.
(d) If she can tell she has been crying.

4. What do Sahar and Taraneh have in common?
(a) They are failing biology.
(b) Their mothers died.
(c) They live with their dads.
(d) They do not have boyfriends.

5. What does Nasrin do at her party when Reza tells Sahar and Ali how they came to be engaged?
(a) She smiles coquettishly.
(b) She brags about how she made him fall in love with her.
(c) She runs off to the bathroom.
(d) She interlocks arms withe Reza and puts her head on his chest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Nasrin and Sahar at a hair salon at the start of Chapter 19?

2. What is Daugther's real name?

3. What happens when the Dr. discusses surgery options and shows Sahar images?

4. Which character transitioned after their brother learned they were gay and threatened to inform the police unless they transitioned?

5. What did Sahar's mother give up in order to marry her father?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sahar stay in the surgery center even after seeing Reza?

2. What news does Nasrin share with Sahar at the end of the novel? How does Sahar feel about this? How do you know?

3. How does Jamshid and Parveen explain the process one must go through in order to get approved for sex reassignment surgery?

4. Where does Baba take Sahar the day Ali is to leave for Turkey? What happens there?

5. Where does Nasrin bring Sahar in Chapter 17? Why is this place significant?

6. What does Nasrin tell Sahar are the only things she wants of her wedding day after saying she cannot wait to get it over with?

7. How does Parveen get rid of Reza in the doctor's office?

8. Why does Reza go to Tehran University to see Sahar? What does he say that makes it seem like he knows about Sahar and Nasrin's relationship?

9. How does Reza help Sahar after she passes out? What does he ask her?

10. Who is Taraneh and what is her relationship with Sahar?

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