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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the celebration that follows Ramadan?
(a) Day of Ashura.
(b) Dhu al-Hijjah.
(c) Eid Al-Adha.
(d) Eid al-Fitr.

2. Who is the elderly village Koran tutor that visits Mariam and Nana during Mariam's childhood?
(a) Habib Khan.
(b) Sayyaf.
(c) Sibghatullah Mojadidi.
(d) Mullah Faizullah.

3. On what day of the week does Jalil come to visit Mariam during her childhood?
(a) Every Sunday.
(b) Every Friday.
(c) Every Thursday.
(d) Every Tuesday.

4. Jalil tells Mariam that he gave her this name because it refers to what?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The sunset.
(c) A tuberose flower.
(d) A thousand sunsets.

5. Who does Jalil say "had raised the famous minarets as her loving ode to Herat back in the fifteenth century" in Chapter 1?
(a) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
(b) Queen Gauhar Shad.
(c) Abdul Rashid Dostum.
(d) Jami.

Short Answer Questions

1. What movie does Mariam beg Jalil to take her to for her fifteenth birthday?

2. Who is the village arbab of Gul Daman that visits Mariam and her mother once a month or so during Mariam's childhood?

3. How far is Herat from Kabul?

4. What Moghul emperor asked to be buried in Kabul, according to Jalil in Chapter 8?

5. How many children does Jalil have in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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