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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 did Farshad have Ali arrested for?
2. What does Ali tell Sahar he will do to try to entice her to move with him?
3. Who is crying in the apartment with Ali when Baba and Sahar return from the cemetery in Chapter 18?
4. What is Daugther's real name?
5. With whom does Ali stay after he was badly beaten?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do we learn about Maryam in Chapter 14 when Parveen tells Sahar her story?
2. What does Ali tell Sahar about how Nasrin might see her if she were to go through with reassignment surgery?
3. How does Sahar end things with Nasrin while on the telecabine in Chapter 17?
4. Why does Goli warn Sahar against getting hormones from a dealer as Behrooz tells her she can? What example does she offer?
5. Who is Taraneh and what is her relationship with Sahar?
6. Where does Nasrin bring Sahar in Chapter 17? Why is this place significant?
7. What news does Nasrin share with Sahar at the end of the novel? How does Sahar feel about this? How do you know?
8. Who proposes to Dariush in Chapter 14? How does Mrs. Medhi feel about this proposal?
9. Who is Katayoun? What story does she share at Goli's, which she worries makes her seem loose?
10. Why is Katayoun offended that Sahar thought they should meet at Restaurant Javan when Katayoun brought her the hormones?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose a character and discuss their role in creating conflict in the story.
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
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.
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