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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 does Tara call Reza as a nickname?

2. What do Art and Judy do to try to reconcile in Part III?

3. Who is Tara's new boyfriend?

4. What game does Judy play at the party?

5. What does Judy ask the person she "hooks up" with to do in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Art teach Reza about in Part IV?

3. What does Judy tell Art when he tries to apologize about Reza?

4. What happens when Judy tries to seduce Reza?

5. Why does Reza come to the cathedral protest?

6. Why is Judy and her family so worried about Stephen in Part IV?

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

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

9. What does Stephen do when he finds out the reality of what happened with Reza, Judy, and Art?

10. What is the one thing Art say he will not do to save his and Judy's friendship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Nazemian set the tone for the novel in the beginning of this book in establishing the nature and significance of Judy's and Art's friendship? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Nazemian describe the impact of not only Reza's father's death, but of Reza's very fraught relationship with his father? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Which relationships between characters are the most resilient in this novel, and which do not stand the strains and tests of time? How do you know? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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