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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 do Reza and Judy order at the their first dinner together?

2. What is Judy's favorite flower?

3. What is Judy's talent?

4. What movie do Art and Stephen watch while Judy is on a date with Reza?

5. What is Judy's last name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Reza conclude about himself by the end of his first section in Part I?

2. What does Reza like about Judy's house and parents?

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

4. Why does Reza steal from Abbas?

5. What does Reza really like about Judy?

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

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

8. How do Reza and his stepbrother Saadi get along?

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

10. What happens when two obviously gay men come into the restaurant where Judy is eating with Reza's family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Reza's family - especially his mother - adjust to being wealthier once she marries Abbas? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What does Madonna mean to the gay community, as Nazemian describes her? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Nazemian chooses to describe Stephen's suffering and the nature of his death in fairly graphic details and terms? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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