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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 song does Stephen remember dancing to at a nightclub where Madonna performed live?

2. What time is Judy's curfew?

3. What does Judy realize she and her new close friend have in common?

4. Who is the principal of Art's high school?

5. Who brings Stephen to the hospital and is his health-care proxy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stephen want to do with Judy's family before he dies?

2. Why does Art want to move to San Francisco?

3. What happens when Art tries to start an ACT UP chapter in school?

4. Where does Art go after his fight in school, and why?

5. What does Tara tell Reza about his being gay?

6. How does Tara act when she first meets Abbas?

7. What is the biggest reason Reza and Art have not had sex yet in Part IV?

8. In Part IV, how does Judy explain her friendship with Annabel?

9. What is the history of Tara in Reza's family?

10. What does Mina say when Reza first tells her he is gay?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

How does Nazemian describe Reza's conflicted feelings about Art in the beginning of the novel? What does Reza's conflict reveal about the stigma of being gay in this time frame and place? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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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