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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: "Fall 2010".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "nang and namoos" translate to in English?
(a) Love and sex.
(b) Honor and pride.
(c) Hatred and fear.
(d) Fear and loathing.

2. Where does Gholam say a friend of his at the refugee camp took him to a whorehouse in Chapter 7?
(a) Herat.
(b) Peshawar.
(c) Istalif.
(d) Lashkargah

3. How is Masooma's behavior as an infant described in Chapter 3?
(a) She was hostile and angry.
(b) She was forever screaming.
(c) She was a tyrant.
(d) She was a sensible baby.

4. What does the name "Nila" mean in English?
(a) Rose.
(b) Cloud.
(c) Fawn.
(d) Fairy.

5. What is the name of the refugee camp where Gholam grew up?
(a) The Istalif refugee camp.
(b) The Lashkargah refugee camp.
(c) The Jalozai reffugee camp.
(d) The Jalalabad refugee camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Pari in Chapter 2?

2. How much earlier did Pari meet Julien, according to the narrator in Chapter 6?

3. For how long does the author of the letter in Chapter 4 say he has known Mr. Markos?

4. Where does Nila take the children while her husband shows Saboor where he will be working in Chapter 2?

5. Whose poem was attached to the rock that was thrown at Masooma by the boys in "She Was Forever Screaming"?

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