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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 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) Napping.
(c) Watching a soap opera.
(d) Making phone calls.

2. With whom does Ali stay after he was badly beaten?
(a) Goli.
(b) Sahar and Baba.
(c) Parveen.
(d) Farshad.

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

4. Why do Sahar and Katayoun begin to fight at Restaurant Javan?
(a) Katayoun condemns gay people as perverts.
(b) Katayoun wants money from Sahar.
(c) Katayoun tells Sahar she thinks she is making a mistake.
(d) Sahar tells Katayoun she does not look like a woman.

5. What was Baba able to afford with Ali's money?
(a) A new workspace and an assistant.
(b) A new apartment.
(c) A cook.
(d) A new car.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Nasrin say Sima and Dariush could never be married?

3. What is Sahar sure would happen if Nasrin and Reza were to divorce?

4. What does Ali leave for Sahar under her bed before he leaves in Chapter 18?

5. Why do the men at Restaurant Javan not touch Katayoun and Sahar when they are fighting?

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

4. What does Baba offer to do for Sahar when she has been depressed after her surgeon's visit? How does Sahar react to this suggestion? What conversation follows?

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

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

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

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 are Ali and Baba praying together at the start of Chapter 18? Why is this an usual sight for Sahar to see?

10. Describe the conversation between Baba and Sahar about whether or not she will go to Turkey with Ali.

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