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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Ali tell Nasrin when he first meets them at Restaurant Javan?
2. What do Nasrin and her mother constantly argue about in Chapter 9?
3. What does an officer stop Nasrin and her friends as they walk home from school in Chapter 7?
4. Why is Mrs. Medhi happy when she comes home to find Sahar and Dariush drinking tea?
5. Who is the author of If You Could Be Mine?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why are Nasrin and Sahar worried about what happened if someone finds out they are lovers? What happened to two boys in Mashad?
2. Who picks Sahar up for Ali's party? What is Sahar's first impression of her?
3. What does Ali give Sahar that makes her realize he knows she is gay? How does she react?
4. 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?
5. How does Nasrin react when she realizes that the clientele at Restaurant Javan are gay and trans?
6. Who is Dariush? How is he described? How does he feel about Nasrin's engagement?
7. Chapter 3 opens two weeks after Nasrin's dinner party. How has Sahara felt or behaved since that night?
8. How are Sahar and Nasrin different physically, academically, and in their future goals?
9. How old is Sahar when she falls in love with Nasrin? What moment does she describe as the moment she fell in love with Nasrin?
10. Where does Parveen bring Sahar at the start of Chapter 8? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an analysis of Mom and Daughter's characters in If You Could Be Mine. In what ways to these two characters develop the plot. How does meeting them impact Sahar? What does Daughter's character add to the story? What would change if these characters did not exist?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance Sahar's family's economic status has on the story. Why is this important and how does it develop the themes of the story? What would be different if her family were wealthy? Use examples from the text to support your viewpoint.
Essay Topic 3
Sahar's mother sacrificed her family fortune to marry a man she loved. Sahar is willing to make an enormous sacrifice and undergo sex reassignment surgery for Nasrin. Write an essay about the theme of sacrifice in If You Could Be Mine.
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