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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Sahar and Katayoun begin to fight at Restaurant Javan?
(a) Katayoun tells Sahar she thinks she is making a mistake.
(b) Katayoun condemns gay people as perverts.
(c) Katayoun wants money from Sahar.
(d) Sahar tells Katayoun she does not look like a woman.

2. How long ago did Sahar's mother die?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 5 years.

3. What happened to two boys years earlier in Mashad which many believe was because they were lovers?
(a) They were hanged.
(b) They were married.
(c) They were arrested.
(d) They committed suicide together.

4. What does Parveen beg Sahar to do when they meet outside the Mirdamad Surgical Center at the start of Chapter 15?
(a) She begs her to tell Nasrin her plan first.
(b) She begs her to tell her father first.
(c) She begs her to set her up with Ali.
(d) She begs her not to have the surgery.

5. What does Ali say about Sahar when he introduces her to his friends?
(a) She is his favorite cousin.
(b) She is the guest of honor.
(c) She is his boring cousin.
(d) She is gay like the rest of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sahar knows that it is dangerous to be gay in Iran, but she also worries that whom "can be stoned to death" (115)?

2. What does the mother at a nearby table do when she hears Parveen tell Sahar about being transsexual?

3. What does Ali sell for extra money?

4. What does Sahar ask Nasrin at the end of Chapter 14 when they are in her apartment having tea?

5. What do Nasrin and her mother constantly argue about in Chapter 9?

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