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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 does Art buy for Reza in Part II that embarasses them both?

2. Who is Judy's best friend?

3. What color is Art's hair in Part I?

4. What does Reza have to wear that he hates?

5. Who does Mina tell Reza her first crush was?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Judy uneasy about her relationship with Reza?

2. Why does Reza steal from Abbas?

3. What does Art do at the stock exchange protest?

4. Why does Reza get made fun of in school?

5. What do Stephen, Judy, and Art bond over?

6. Why does Reza come to the stock exchange protest?

7. What does Reza like about Judy's house and parents?

8. How do Reza and his stepbrother Saadi get along?

9. What does Reza really like about Judy?

10. How does Art realize he feels about Reza in Part II?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Early in the novel, how does Nazemian describe Judy's conflicts with her parents, and how does her relationship with her mother change over the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How and why does Nazemian explore the impact of class differences on the lives, prospects, and friendships of Judy, Art, and Reza? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Nazemian describe the impact of not only Reza's father's death, but of Reza's very fraught relationship with his father? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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