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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 is different about Daughter when she and Mom pick Sahar and Nasrin up at Restaurant Javan?

2. What happens when Sahar enters Nasrin's room where she has her music playing very loudly?

3. How old are Nasrin and Sahar in the present?

4. What does Ali tell Nasrin about Mom and Daughter after he calls them to pick her and Sahar up at Restaurant Javan?

5. What does Ali sell for extra money?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Sahar and Parveen eat at a restaurant which always makes Sahar feel American? What does she hear about Americans?

2. 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?

3. How does Sahar do in school? What are her plans after high school? How does she prepare to reach her goal?

4. What happens when a mother overhears Parveen discussing being transsexual at Max Burger? How does Parveen react?

5. How does Sahar learn that Parveen is transsexual?

6. Who picks Sahar up for Ali's party? What is Sahar's first impression of her?

7. 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?

8. How are Sahar and Nasrin different physically, academically, and in their future goals?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Away from the main character examine the way the author uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on 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

Sahar dreams of going to medical school and becoming a surgeon one day. Write an essay about the significance this goal has on the story's plot. What does this ad or take away from the story? What would be different if her career goals were different? Why do you think the author chose this profession?

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