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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. What do Sahar and a group of friends hold over Nasrin and Reza during their wedding ceremony?
(a) A linen cloth.
(b) A Koran.
(c) An umbrella.
(d) A fan.

2. Who tells Sahar that she has no idea what is in store for her at the end fo Chapter 12 in Goli's apartment?
(a) Goli.
(b) Jamshid.
(c) Maryam.
(d) Behrooz.

3. What does Sahar tell Mrs. Medhi that Nasrin will get to be, just like her mother?
(a) A baby maker.
(b) A housewife.
(c) A nuisance.
(d) A kept woman.

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

5. What unusual sight does Sahar see in her living room at the start of Chapter 18?
(a) Baba having tea with a woman.
(b) Ali cleaning.
(c) Baba and Ali praying.
(d) Nasrin napping on her couch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Sahar unable to write to Ali?

2. What does Parveen do when Dr. Hosseini tells Sahar how excruciating the surgery is?

3. What does Ali tell Sahar that Nasrin treats her like?

4. What did Ali say Farshad wanted that Ali refused to give him?

5. What does Parveen beg Sahar to do when they meet outside the Mirdamad Surgical Center at the start of Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Reza help Sahar after she passes out? What does he ask her?

2. What are some of the traditions that are part of Nasrin's wedding?

3. Where does Ali plan to move in Chapter 17? Why will Sahar not go with him? What does Ali say to her refusal?

4. Who brings Sahar to Nasrin and Reza's engagement party? Why?

5. What does Ali tell Sahar about how Nasrin might see her if she were to go through with reassignment surgery?

6. Who proposes to Dariush in Chapter 14? How does Mrs. Medhi feel about this proposal?

7. Why are Ali and Baba praying together at the start of Chapter 18? Why is this an usual sight for Sahar to see?

8. How did Reza and Nasrin come to be engaged according to what Reza tells Ali and Sahar in Chapter 11?

9. Who brings Ali to Baba and Sahar's apartment? What happeend to him?

10. Why does Sahar ask Ali to bring Nastaran to Turkey with him?

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