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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 type of flower does Baba buy for them to put on his wife's grave at the cemetery?

2. What is Sahar sure of when she sees Ali badly beaten, despite not knowing what happened to him?

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

4. Why are Nasrin and Sahar at a hair salon at the start of Chapter 19?

5. With whom does Ali stay after he was badly beaten?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. Why does Goli warn Sahar against getting hormones from a dealer as Behrooz tells her she can? What example does she offer?

6. Where does Ali plan to move in Chapter 17? Why will Sahar not go with him? What does Ali say to her refusal?

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

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

9. What does Baba offer to do for Sahar when she has been depressed after her surgeon's visit? How does Sahar react to this suggestion? What conversation follows?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sahar dreams of going to medical school and becoming a surgeon one day. Write an essay about the significance this goal has on the story's plot. What does this ad or take away from the story? What would be different if her career goals were different? Why do you think the author chose this profession?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on how the story would change if written from Nasrin's point of view rather than Sahar's.

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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