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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 commission Baba to build for Nasrin and Reza?

2. What does Ali make Sahar do when he learns Katayoun brought her hormones?

3. What does Nasrin say to Sahar regarding her being at the surgery center?

4. Who asked Dariush to get married?

5. Who does Parveen have a crush on at the end of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Mrs. Medhi and Sahar discuss on the ride to Nasrin's wedding?

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. Describe the conversation between Baba and Sahar about whether or not she will go to Turkey with Ali.

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. How does Reza treat Ali when he comes to the apartment?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sahar's mother sacrificed her family fortune to marry a man she loved. Sahar is willing to make an enormous sacrifice and undergo sex reassignment surgery for Nasrin. Write an essay about the theme of sacrifice in If You Could Be Mine.

Essay Topic 2

What did you learn about homosexuality and transsexuals in Iran from reading If You Could Be Mine? In what ways are the rights of homosexuals similar or different in Iran and the United States? How does this new knowledge change your world view?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the author of If You Could Be Mine. Who is she? What else has she written? How is If You Could Be Mine similar or different from her previous works?

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