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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Behrani feel when he has put Kathy to bed?
(a) Joyful at having saved a life.
(b) Disgusted at her debauched behavior.
(c) Relieved that she can't hurt them more.
(d) Angry that she has trespassed again.

2. What does Lester see in Kathy's car that alarms him when he arrives at the house?
(a) The car is out of gas.
(b) There is blood on the seat.
(c) The engine is still running.
(d) His gun is missing from its holster.

3. Why doesn't Behrani call an ambulance when they find Kathy has ingested pills?
(a) He is too shaken to remember how to do it.
(b) He is sure she is dead.
(c) He is afraid the police will bring more trouble.
(d) He is sure she is not hurt.

4. Why does Kathy think the police will come looking for her now that she has returned to the house?
(a) She planned to commit arson.
(b) She purchased illegal drugs.
(c) She pointed a gun at the gas station attendant.
(d) She was driving drunk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lester know that Kathy doesn't need to go to the hospital?

2. What does Lester think Esmail is trying to do when he sees the window is open?

3. Why do the police release Behrani with no charges against him?

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

5. What worries Behrani most about Lester's behavior as he breaks into their house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kathy go sit in the car to wait for Lester to return? Why doesn't she stay inside the house?

2. How does Kathy feel as she goes back into the house to wait for Lester?

3. When Lester describes his feelings during the drive to the county office, he says it is probably the way felons want to feel all the time. How does he say he feels?

4. Why doesn't Behrani attempt to negotiate with Lester when he breaks in and holds them at gunpoint?

5. Why does Lester feel like a fraud?

6. After Esmail has been shot, the shooting officer looks at Lester. He needs a critical piece of information and Lester doesn't have it, either. What is that piece of information?

7. What is nazr?

8. Why does Lester feel that his gun has become a "burdensome overreaction in the house?"

9. Why does Kathy feel a sense of unreality while she is in the hospital?

10. Who does Lester want to call from jail and what does he plan to say?

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