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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. How does Ali manage to calm Katayoun when he arrives in the middle of their fight at Restaurant Javan?

2. Who calls Sahar while she is hitting Ali in her apartment in Chapter 17?

3. Where does Nasrin tell Sahar she and Reza will go for their honeymoon?

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

5. What is Daugther's real name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who brings Sahar to Nasrin and Reza's engagement party? Why?

2. Who brings Ali to Baba and Sahar's apartment? What happeend to him?

3. What does Ali tell Sahar about how Nasrin might see her if she were to go through with reassignment surgery?

4. How did Reza and Nasrin come to be engaged according to what Reza tells Ali and Sahar in Chapter 11?

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

6. Why does Sahar ask Ali to bring Nastaran to Turkey with him?

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

8. Why does Reza go to Tehran University to see Sahar? What does he say that makes it seem like he knows about Sahar and Nasrin's relationship?

9. Who is Taraneh and what is her relationship with Sahar?

10. Why does Sahar stay in the surgery center even after seeing Reza?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick a character from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

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

Choose a character and discuss their role in creating conflict in the story.

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