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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 does Mrs. Medhi ask Sahar as they drive to Nasrin's wedding?

2. What do Sahar and a group of friends hold over Nasrin and Reza during their wedding ceremony?

3. Where is Sahar at the start of Chapter 20?

4. What does Baba say when Sahar says she is considering moving with Ali?

5. What does Sahar ask Nasrin at the end of Chapter 14 when they are in her apartment having tea?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sahar end things with Nasrin while on the telecabine in Chapter 17?

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

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

4. What news does Nasrin share with Sahar at the end of the novel? How does Sahar feel about this? How do you know?

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

6. 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?

7. What do we learn about Maryam in Chapter 14 when Parveen tells Sahar her story?

8. What are some of the traditions that are part of Nasrin's wedding?

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

10. Where does Nasrin bring Sahar in Chapter 17? Why is this place significant?

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

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 3

Write an essay analyzing Farizan's commentary on homosexuality in Iran. How is this important to the story? How does it affect the narrative? Use textual evidence to explain your analysis.

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