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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: "February 1974".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the letter-writer claim Mr. Wahdati's life was lacking in Chapter 4?
(a) Money and fame.
(b) Purpose and direction.
(c) Love and caring.
(d) Land and family.

2. How long was the mourning period after Baba Ayub lost his child to the div?
(a) 20 days.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 10 days.
(d) 40 days.

3. What was the name of the first baby of Abdullah's stepmother who died from a cold?
(a) Nabi.
(b) Omar.
(c) Gholam.
(d) Iqbar.

4. Where did Pari attend college?
(a) The Sorbonne.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Harvard.

5. Why does the narrator tell his children they will need their sleep tonight in Chapter 1?
(a) His daughter is getting sold the next day.
(b) He and his daughter are traveling the next day.
(c) His son is going to be sold the next day.
(d) Saboor is getting married the next day.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long had a drought plagued the people of Baba Ayub's village, according to the storyteller in Chapter 1?

2. Who told Nila about the affair between Pari and Julien?

3. What is the name of the narrator's daughter in Chapter 1?

4. What is the name of Abdullah and Pari's stepmother?

5. What town, known for its clay pottery, does Timur ride to the Germans with in Chapter 5?

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