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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lester think Esmail is trying to do when he sees the window is open?
(a) Close the blinds.
(b) Jump on Lester.
(c) Run for the door.
(d) Leave through the window.

2. What does Kathy do to try to help Nadereh while she sleeps?
(a) She brings her a glass of ice water.
(b) She puts a cool cloth on her forehead.
(c) She turns off the music.
(d) She brings her a blanket.

3. What does Nadereh ask Kathy as soon as the men have left them alone?
(a) Will he kill us all?
(b) Will he hurt my son?
(c) Will he take my house?
(d) Will he hurt my husband?

4. Why does Behrani think the disaster is his fault?
(a) He told Esmail to shoot Lester.
(b) He had not taught Esmail how to shoot.
(c) He told Esmail to keep the gun on Lester until the police came.
(d) He did not give Esmail instructions in the crisis.

5. Who explains to Lester what happened to Kathy during her visit to the house?
(a) Esmail.
(b) Behrani.
(c) Nadereh.
(d) They all speak at the same time.

6. Why are they moving Kathy to another hospital?
(a) She has been classified as a flight risk.
(b) The second hospital has throat specialists.
(c) She is a resident of a different county.
(d) This hospital is overcrowded.

7. What question does Lester's friend Doug ask him?
(a) Are you real clear on what you're doing?
(b) Are you going home to your wife?
(c) Do you need some help from me?
(d) Are you in any trouble?

8. How does Lester decide that the Behranis have not harmed Kathy?
(a) Kathy is ashamed of herself.
(b) Lester sees no effects of violence on Kathy.
(c) Their story convinces him.
(d) Kathy tells him.

9. Why does Behrani frighten the people on the street as he runs to the hospital?
(a) He is running and appears insane.
(b) He is covered with blood.
(c) He is screaming.
(d) He is raving.

10. What does Lester call the Whore Twenty-Four?
(a) His wife.
(b) Kathy.
(c) His car.
(d) The policeman's sense of always being on duty.

11. What does Behrani feel for Kathy when he finds her sleeping in the car?
(a) Pity.
(b) Satisfaction.
(c) Disgust.
(d) Fury.

12. How does Kathy help Nadereh when she first realizes she is in pain?
(a) She drives her to the emergency room.
(b) She fixes her a meal and puts on her music.
(c) She calls the doctor and picks up her prescription.
(d) She opens her medicine bottle and closes the shade.

13. What does Lester instruct Kathy to think about while he is gone to the county offices with Esmail and Behrani?
(a) Someplace sunny they could go.
(b) What to do with all that money.
(c) Some way out of this mess.
(d) What to tell his boss.

14. How does Alvarez punish Lester's threatening the Behranis?
(a) One year's suspension.
(b) An oral reprimand.
(c) Formal charges.
(d) Six months' suspension.

15. Why does Behrani demand to be released from the bathroom?
(a) The family is hot.
(b) Nadereh is claustrophobic.
(c) The family is cold.
(d) The Behranis need food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Behrani believe he must do to save his son's life?

2. Why hasn't Lester told Esmail the gun was empty?

3. How has Esmail reacted to Lester's breaking into their home and holding them at gunpoint?

4. What does Esmail say to defend his father when Lester is trying to decide if the Behranis have hurt Kathy?

5. What crimes is Kathy charged with?

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