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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 make for what she was doing in Baba's room in Chapter 10?
(a) She had to watch the DVD for school.
(b) She has not slept in days.
(c) She is dressing like a man for one of Nasrin's music videos.
(d) She needed money for groceries.

2. What does Sahar plan to study at Tehran University?
(a) Education.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Criminal Justice.

3. At the end of Chapter 5, what does Sahar realize she must do if she wants to stop Nasrin's wedding?
(a) Scrape together enough money so they can run away.
(b) Become a man.
(c) Plead with Mrs. Medhi.
(d) Kill Reza.

4. What does Sahar feel certain is going to happen when the officer stops in the alley near Tehran University?
(a) He is going to call their parents.
(b) He is going to let them go.
(c) He is going to rape them.
(d) He is going to take them to prison.

5. What does the young girl in the Mercedes tell Sahar her favorite subject in school used to be?
(a) Math.
(b) Biology.
(c) Physics.
(d) Literature.

6. What lie did Sahar tell her father when she was really meeting Parveen at the meeting?
(a) She was going to see Nasrin.
(b) She was meeting her study group.
(c) She was going to the movies.
(d) She was going out with Ali.

7. How does Ali get away with having such wild parties?
(a) His parents work for the government.
(b) He rents his apartment under a fake name.
(c) His father is a police officer.
(d) He pays off the guards.

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

9. Why are Nasrin and Sahar treated so well at Restaurant Javan?
(a) The waiter likes Sahar.
(b) They know Ali.
(c) The waiter likes Nasrin.
(d) Farshad told them to treat the girls well.

10. Who is Soraya?
(a) Mrs. Medhi's sister.
(b) The Medhi's servant.
(c) Nasrin's cousin.
(d) Cyrus's wife.

11. Why does Sahar worry more about seeing Nasrin since her engagement announcement?
(a) Nasrin has become cold to her.
(b) She does not want to commit adultery.
(c) She knows how sad it will make her feel.
(d) She does not want to hurt Reza.

12. Who does Mrs. Medhi tells Sahar was a good friend to her on her wedding day many years ago?
(a) Mrs. Medhi's mother.
(b) Soraya.
(c) Sima.
(d) Sahar's mother.

13. 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) She is losing her daughter.
(d) The Nasrin does not love Reza.

14. 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.

15. Why does Nasrin tell Sahar she cannot live with her when Sahar goes to university?
(a) Her parents would not let her move out until she is married.
(b) She does not think Sahar would make a good roommate.
(c) She cannot afford an apartment.
(d) Nasrin plans to move to India.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sahar know one of the officers who stops them when she and Nasrin walk home from school?

2. In what American city does Nasrin's aunt and uncle live?

3. What does Nasrin tell Ali his friends only like him for?

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

5. Which of Parveen body parts looks masculine to Sahar?

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