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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 is Ali doing while his friend is crying in the apartment with Ali when Baba and Sahar return from the cemetery in Chapter 18?
(a) Making phone calls.
(b) Comforting his friend.
(c) Napping.
(d) Watching a soap opera.

2. Why are Nasrin and Sahar at a hair salon at the start of Chapter 19?
(a) They are having one last day together before Sahar moves.
(b) They are celebrating that Sahar got into Tehran University.
(c) They are getting ready for Nasrin's wedding.
(d) They are getting ready for Sahar's wedding.

3. Why does Nasrin bring Sahar to Mount Tochal in Chapter 17?
(a) That is where they first met.
(b) They had gone their with their mothers when they were 5.
(c) Nasrin and Reza are getting married there.
(d) It is the place they shared their first kiss.

4. Who does Parveen have a crush on at the end of the novel?
(a) Behrooz.
(b) Jamshid.
(c) Cyrus.
(d) Dariush.

5. What gift does Nasrin's father give the bride and groom after the ceremony?
(a) A villa.
(b) A wad of cash.
(c) A vacation home in India.
(d) A trip around the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nasrin ask when she first sees Sahar after Reza brought her to their home in Chapter 20?

2. What do Sahar and a group of friends hold over Nasrin and Reza during their wedding ceremony?

3. What does Sima give Sahar advice about at Nasrin and Reza's party in Chapter 11?

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

5. Where does Ali plan to move once he heals?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Sahar's impression of Reza after she gets to know him at the dinner party at the Medhi's?

3. What does Nasrin tell Sahar are the only things she wants of her wedding day after saying she cannot wait to get it over with?

4. What news does Nasrin share with Sahar at the end of the novel? How does Sahar feel about this? How do you know?

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

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

7. How does Reza treat Ali when he comes to the apartment?

8. Why does Goli warn Sahar against getting hormones from a dealer as Behrooz tells her she can? What example does she offer?

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

10. Why is Katayoun offended that Sahar thought they should meet at Restaurant Javan when Katayoun brought her the hormones?

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