1. his own religion, his own cultural background, his own character
2. d, c, a, b
3. Typical Iranian clothes
4. The Swiss embassy saw to the interests of American citizens in Tehran (ll.40-41)
5. promising, rejection, friendly but businesslike, a disappointment
6. She means marrying Iranian men and coming to Iran with them
7. The chance that he might not practise as a doctor in Iran
8. a) growled, glaring, (righeous) menace
b) grabbed, digging, pulling, dragged
9. The fact that the whole of Moody's family live in the same house