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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 say about Sahar when he introduces her to his friends?

2. Why are Sahar and Nasrin not afraid to hold hands when Sahar meets Nasrin at her school in Chapter 7?

3. How does Parveen describe the way she felt since she was very young?

4. Where does Sahar ask Parveen to meet her at the start of Chapter 6?

5. Why will Sahar not be able to walk to Ali's party on her own?

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. What has Sahar been carrying with her since she met Daughter in case she sees her again. Why?

3. Where does Parveen bring Sahar at the start of Chapter 8? Why?

4. At what moment does Sahar loosen up at Ali's party? Who helps her?

5. 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?

6. Chapter 3 opens two weeks after Nasrin's dinner party. How has Sahara felt or behaved since that night?

7. How does Sahar learn that Parveen is transsexual?

8. Who is Ali? What does he say when he visits Sahar in Chapter 3? What does he invite her to in an attempt to cheer her up?

9. How do Ali and Nasrin interact when Ali first arrives at Restaurant Javan?

10. How long ago did Sahar's mother die? How has Baba been since her death? What does Sahar ask her father as he is struggling to cook her dinner in Chapter 10 after not having cooked since his wife died?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Read an online review of If You Could Be Mine. Write an essay about how this review impacted your own views or understanding of the story.

Essay Topic 2

Sahar's mother died five years before the story begins when she was just 12. How does this loss impact Sahar and her family life at 17?

Essay Topic 3

What did you learn about homosexuality and transsexuals in Iran from reading If You Could Be Mine? In what ways are the rights of homosexuals similar or different in Iran and the United States? How does this new knowledge change your world view?

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