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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What excuse does Sahar offer the officers who stop her and Nasrin while walking home from school?
(a) She tells them Nasrin's family is poor and she cannot afford new clothes.
(b) She tells them Nasrin is not from Iran.
(c) She tells them Nasrin's mother has been sick.
(d) She tells them Nasrin's father recently died.

2. What does Nasrin tell Sahar her mother had been grooming her all her life to become?
(a) A doctor.
(b) An actress.
(c) A wife.
(d) A dancer.

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

4. Why does Sahar stand in the back of the bus on the way to Ali's party?
(a) She does not want anyone to see her.
(b) She dislikes the bus driver.
(c) She likes to be near the emergency exit.
(d) Women have to stand in the back.

5. What did Sahar's mother die from?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Suicide.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) Car crash.

6. Why are Sahar and Nasrin not afraid to hold hands when Sahar meets Nasrin at her school in Chapter 7?
(a) Nobody else is around.
(b) It is customary for people of the same gender to hold hands.
(c) Nasrin's friends all know about she and Sahar.
(d) They have decided to be open about their relationship.

7. With whom does Sahar have a dance off at Ali's party?
(a) Ali.
(b) Parveen.
(c) Farshad.
(d) Dariush.

8. What does Nasrin tell Ali his friends only like him for?
(a) His looks.
(b) His money.
(c) He sells them drugs.
(d) His wild parties.

9. Who does Parveen tell Sahar she owes her life to in Chapter 6?
(a) Her father.
(b) A surgeon.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Ali.

10. What does Sahar feel sure Mrs. Medhi knows in the dress shop at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) About Sahar and Nasrin's relationship.
(b) Sahar and Dariush will never marry.
(c) The Nasrin does not love Reza.
(d) She is losing her daughter.

11. What type of music does Dariush play on his guitar when Sahar visits their home in Chapter 5?
(a) Bob Dylan.
(b) Bob Marley.
(c) Cat Stevens.
(d) The Beatles.

12. What does Nasrin's brother Dariush do for work?
(a) He is a teacher.
(b) He is a carpenter.
(c) He is a lawyer.
(d) He is a mechanic.

13. Why does Sahar ask for aaa gosht for dinner when Baba offers to cook?
(a) She knows how much Baba likes it.
(b) It is easy to make.
(c) It is her favorite.
(d) It was her mother's favorite.

14. Why are the Medhis having a party which they invited Baba and Sahar?
(a) Cyrus is getting married.
(b) Dariush is engaged.
(c) For Nasrin and Reza.
(d) It is Mr. Medhi's birthday.

15. What does Ali tell Nasrin when he first meets them at Restaurant Javan?
(a) He wishes she had been arrested.
(b) It is good she will be her husband's problem soon enough.
(c) Sahar is too god for her.
(d) She should not dress so provocatively.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two members of the group are models for a successful transitions?

2. How did Sahar's mother respond when she was 6 and told her she wanted to marry Nasrin?

3. What issue does Katayoun tell the group she has been having since her transition?

4. What excuse does Sahar make for what she was doing in Baba's room in Chapter 10?

5. Who does Farshad tell Nasrin and Sahar to wait for at Restaurant Javan?

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