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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 Baba tell Sahar that Ali is doing at the start of Chapter 18?
(a) Leaving that night.
(b) Planning to stay in Iran.
(c) Applying for sex reassignment surgery.
(d) Ending all of his illicit dealings.

2. Why do the men at Restaurant Javan not touch Katayoun and Sahar when they are fighting?
(a) They know Ali would kill them.
(b) They are afraid of them.
(c) They fear Farshad.
(d) Men are not allowed to touch women in public.

3. How does Ali manage to calm Katayoun when he arrives in the middle of their fight at Restaurant Javan?
(a) He gives her a drink.
(b) He gives her the hormones back.
(c) He tells her the police are on their way.
(d) He flirts with her.

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

5. Who picks Nasrin up in a Mercedes on her wedding day?
(a) Mom and Daughter.
(b) Mr. Medhi.
(c) Ali.
(d) Reza.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Farshad have Ali arrested for?

2. What does Behrooz tell Sahar she must do in order to begin taking hormones?

3. What does Sahar grind during the wedding ceremony in Chapter 1?

4. Why is Sahar unable to write to Ali?

5. Who went with Sahar to Nasrin and Reza's party?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are some of the traditions that are part of Nasrin's wedding?

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

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

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

6. How does Reza treat Ali when he comes to the apartment?

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

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. Why does Goli warn Sahar against getting hormones from a dealer as Behrooz tells her she can? What example does she offer?

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

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