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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. Why did Baba call the school and tell them Sahar was sick at the start of Chapter 18?

2. What type of flower does Baba buy for them to put on his wife's grave at the cemetery?

3. Who does Katayoun tell Sahar helped pay for the hormones she brings her to Restaurant Javan in Chapter 13?

4. What unusual sight does Sahar see in her living room at the start of Chapter 18?

5. Whose help does Sahar call for when Ali shows up injured at their apartment in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Katayoun? What story does she share at Goli's, which she worries makes her seem loose?

3. Why does Sahar pass out in the doctor's office?

4. What does Nasrin tell Sahar are the only things she wants of her wedding day after saying she cannot wait to get it over with?

5. Who proposes to Dariush in Chapter 14? How does Mrs. Medhi feel about this proposal?

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

7. Where does Baba take Sahar the day Ali is to leave for Turkey? What happens there?

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

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

10. Where does Ali plan to move in Chapter 17? Why will Sahar not go with him? What does Ali say to her refusal?

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 comparing and contrasting Nasrin and Sahar in If You Could Be Mine. What details help develop their character and what do these details tell you about them? What is their background? How do they know each other? How do they interact? In what ways are they similar or different? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

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