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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. Who was with Sahar and her father when her mother was dying?
2. Which character speaks of how being checked out by a man makes her feel good because she is now seen as a woman at the meeting in Goli's in Chapter 12?
3. What does Nasrin tell Sahar outside by her pool when Sahar says Nasrin should marry her instead of Reza?
4. What does Ali tell Sahar he will do to try to entice her to move with him?
5. What does Sahar do when her father begins to speak to her mother's grave as if she were there?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Ali tell Sahar about how Nasrin might see her if she were to go through with reassignment surgery?
2. Where does Nasrin bring Sahar in Chapter 17? Why is this place significant?
3. Why does Goli warn Sahar against getting hormones from a dealer as Behrooz tells her she can? What example does she offer?
4. What do Mrs. Medhi and Sahar discuss on the ride to Nasrin's wedding?
5. What news does Nasrin share with Sahar at the end of the novel? How does Sahar feel about this? How do you know?
6. How did Reza and Nasrin come to be engaged according to what Reza tells Ali and Sahar in Chapter 11?
7. What is Sahar's impression of Reza after she gets to know him at the dinner party at the Medhi's?
8. How does Sahar end things with Nasrin while on the telecabine in Chapter 17?
9. Why are Ali and Baba praying together at the start of Chapter 18? Why is this an usual sight for Sahar to see?
10. Who brings Ali to Baba and Sahar's apartment? What happeend to him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine how Restaurant Javan plays a part in the plot of the novel.
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
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.
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