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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 is Sahar unable to write to Ali?
(a) She is afraid she will be arrested if she is caught.
(b) He has not given her his address.
(c) Baba has forbidden her to contact him.
(d) She is too busy studying.

2. What does Sahar tell Reza when he is playing classical Iranian music in his car?
(a) Nasrin hates classical.
(b) Nasrin loves classical.
(c) Classical music is boring.
(d) She loves classical.

3. Where does Ali plan to move once he heals?
(a) India.
(b) England.
(c) Turkey.
(d) The United States.

4. Whose help does Sahar call for when Ali shows up injured at their apartment in Chapter 16?
(a) Reza.
(b) Farshad.
(c) Goli.
(d) Cyrus.

5. What is Ali doing while his friend is crying in the apartment with Ali when Baba and Sahar return from the cemetery in Chapter 18?
(a) Comforting his friend.
(b) Making phone calls.
(c) Napping.
(d) Watching a soap opera.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Parveen beg Sahar to do when they meet outside the Mirdamad Surgical Center at the start of Chapter 15?

2. Why does Nasrin bring Sahar to Mount Tochal in Chapter 17?

3. What does Baba say when Sahar says she is considering moving with Ali?

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

5. Where does Daughter say she picked Ali up in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who brings Ali to Baba and Sahar's apartment? What happeend to him?

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

4. Who proposes to Dariush in Chapter 14? How does Mrs. Medhi feel about this proposal?

5. Why does Sahar ask Ali to bring Nastaran to Turkey with him?

6. Who brings Sahar to Nasrin and Reza's engagement party? Why?

7. How did Reza and Nasrin come to be engaged according to what Reza tells Ali and Sahar in Chapter 11?

8. Where does Ali plan to move in Chapter 17? Why will Sahar not go with him? What does Ali say to her refusal?

9. 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?

10. How does Sahar end things with Nasrin while on the telecabine in Chapter 17?

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