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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Reza think is attractive in his yearbook?
(a) Mike.
(b) Art.
(c) Robert.
(d) Darryl.

2. What year is this novel set in at the start?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1989.

3. What does Abbas look like?
(a) Short and with a full head of hair.
(b) Average height and bald.
(c) Tall and bald.
(d) Short and bald.

4. What does Judy like to do when she sews and designs?
(a) Listen to orchestra music.
(b) Eat ice cream.
(c) Sing to herself.
(d) Have complete silence.

5. What do Reza and Judy order at the their first dinner together?
(a) Cereal.
(b) Salads.
(c) Lamb.
(d) Burgers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Reza's mother?

2. Why does Judy recoil from how her mother talks to others about Stephen?

3. What do Stephen and Art eat for dinner the night Judy goes on her date with Reza to the fancy restaurant?

4. What does Art love to do, and seem to have a talent for?

5. What does Judy like about Reza at first sight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Art do at the stock exchange protest?

2. What does Reza do in an act of desperation in Part I shortly after moving to New York?

3. Why does Reza say he wants to take Judy to dinner alone?

4. Why does Reza get made fun of in school?

5. When does Art feel most alive?

6. What happens between Art and Reza that makes things awkward between them?

7. How does Art realize he feels about Reza in Part II?

8. What is the nature of Art's and Stephen's relationship?

9. What are Art's parents like?

10. Why does Reza come to the stock exchange protest?

(see the answer keys)

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