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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. Who does Mrs. Medhi tell Sahar she is just like when they arrive at Nasrin's grandfather's villa for the wedding?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Dariush.
(c) Her father.
(d) Nasrin.

2. What did Sahar's mother give up in order to marry her father?
(a) Her home country.
(b) Her family's wealth.
(c) Her happiness.
(d) Her career.

3. Why did Baba call the school and tell them Sahar was sick at the start of Chapter 18?
(a) He needs her to cook him lunch.
(b) He thought she should spend Ali's last day with him.
(c) He wants to take her to where her mother is buried.
(d) Sahar slept in and he did not want her to get into trouble.

4. Where does Taraneh suggest she and Sahar go alone together?
(a) Mount Tochal.
(b) Restaurant Javan.
(c) The movies.
(d) Taraneh's dorm.

5. What do the bride and groom dip their pinky finger in during their wedding ceremony?
(a) Honey.
(b) Cake.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Coffee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who picks Nasrin up in a Mercedes on her wedding day?

2. With whom does Ali stay after he was badly beaten?

3. Who does Sahar recognize speaking with the doctor in the surgical center?

4. What is Ali doing while his friend is crying in the apartment with Ali when Baba and Sahar return from the cemetery in Chapter 18?

5. Who does Sahar ask Ali to bring with him when he leaves Iran?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Katayoun? What story does she share at Goli's, which she worries makes her seem loose?

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

5. Where does Baba take Sahar the day Ali is to leave for Turkey? What happens there?

6. Why does Reza go to Tehran University to see Sahar? What does he say that makes it seem like he knows about Sahar and Nasrin's relationship?

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

8. Why does Sahar pass out in the doctor's office?

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

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

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