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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: "Spring 2003".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must Parwana clean from the bed in the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Blood.
(b) Wine.
(c) Urine.
(d) Feces.

2. Where did Baba Ayub live, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Kandahar.
(b) Jalalabad.
(c) Maidan Sabz.
(d) Herat.

3. What attraction does Masooma tell Parwana that she wants to go to see in Kabul in Chapter 3?
(a) The Gardens of Babur.
(b) The Minaret of Jam.
(c) Darulaman Palace.
(d) The Shrine of Ali.

4. What request does Masooma make when Parwana is filling her hookah in the desert in Chapter 3?
(a) To use only hashish.
(b) To add more opium.
(c) To use only tobacco.
(d) To use less opium.

5. For how long had a drought plagued the people of Baba Ayub's village, according to the storyteller in Chapter 1?
(a) Eight years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Ten years.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Mr. Markos arrive in Kabul, according to the letter in Chapter 4?

2. Where does the narrator describe children throwing rocks at Pari's dog in Chapter 2?

3. Why does the narrator tell his children they will need their sleep tonight in Chapter 1?

4. What is the name of Pari's dog?

5. When did the author of the letter in Chapter 4 move to Kabul from Shadbagh?

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