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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 is a type of cancer that AIDS patients used to commonly suffer from?

2. What does Stephen sometimes say about himself that makes Art uncomfortable?

3. Why is Art's father so mad at him in Part I?

4. What was AIDS called before it was called AIDS?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Reza like Madonna so much?

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

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

8. What is the class difference between Art and Judy?

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

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

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

How and why does Nazemian convey the significance of art and pop culture to Judy, Art, and Stephen? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Early in the novel, how does Nazemian describe Judy's conflicts with her parents, and how does her relationship with her mother change over the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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