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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sahar sure of when she sees Ali badly beaten, despite not knowing what happened to him?

2. Who went dress shopping with Sahar to find something to wear to Nasrin and Reza's party?

3. What does Ali make Sahar do when he learns Katayoun brought her hormones?

4. Why are Nasrin and Sahar at a hair salon at the start of Chapter 19?

5. Why do the men at Restaurant Javan not touch Katayoun and Sahar when they are fighting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Nasrin bring Sahar in Chapter 17? Why is this place significant?

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

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. Who is Taraneh and what is her relationship with Sahar?

6. Describe the conversation between Baba and Sahar about whether or not she will go to Turkey with Ali.

7. What do Mrs. Medhi and Sahar discuss on the ride to Nasrin's wedding?

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

9. What does Baba offer to do for Sahar when she has been depressed after her surgeon's visit? How does Sahar react to this suggestion? What conversation follows?

10. How does Jamshid and Parveen explain the process one must go through in order to get approved for sex reassignment surgery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the author of If You Could Be Mine. Who is she? What else has she written? How is If You Could Be Mine similar or different from her previous works?

Essay Topic 2

What did you learn about homosexuality and transsexuals in Iran from reading If You Could Be Mine? In what ways are the rights of homosexuals similar or different in Iran and the United States? How does this new knowledge change your world view?

Essay Topic 3

Choose a character and discuss their role in creating conflict in the story.

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