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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long have Adel and his family lived in the village away from Kabul in Chapter 7?
(a) Five years.
(b) NIne years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six years.

2. Who does Markos describe running the knickknack store in Tinos when he was young in Chapter 8?
(a) Nahil.
(b) Gholam.
(c) Mullah Shekib.
(d) Mr. Roussos.

3. How did Roshi's five-year-old brother die?
(a) He fell into the river and drowned.
(b) He was killed in a car accident.
(c) He was shot.
(d) He was burned to death in a tandoor.

4. For how long did Pari stay with Markos at the house in Kabul?
(a) One month.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) One week.
(d) Three weeks.

5. What is the name of Pari's best friend since second grade?
(a) Parwana.
(b) Sultana.
(c) Masooma.
(d) Collette.

6. What town, known for its clay pottery, does Timur ride to the Germans with in Chapter 5?
(a) Istalif.
(b) Jalalabad.
(c) Herat.
(d) Mazar-i-Sharif.

7. When did Markos meet Thalia?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1967.

8. What hospital are Idris and Timur visiting in Chapter 5?
(a) French Medical Institute for Chilren.
(b) CURE International Hospital.
(c) Lashkaragah Hospital.
(d) Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital.

9. How long ago did Idris's father die, according to the narrator in Chapter 5?
(a) Six years ago.
(b) One year ago.
(c) Nine years ago.
(d) Two years ago.

10. Where did Markos meet Gianna?
(a) Mazar-i-Sharif.
(b) The Piazza di Spagna.
(c) Jalalabad.
(d) Lashkargah.

11. What kind of company does Timur run in the United States?
(a) A stock investment comparny.
(b) An international trading company.
(c) A real-estate mortgage company.
(d) A cotton factory.

12. What is Markos Varvaris's profession?
(a) He is a plastic surgeon.
(b) He is a jailer.
(c) He is a bounty hunter.
(d) He is a schoolteacher.

13. In what village does Adel live with his family?
(a) Kandahar.
(b) Shadbagh-e-Kohna.
(c) Jalalabad.
(d) Mazar-i-Sharif.

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

15. What did Nila say Pari was studying in college in the interview from Chapter 6?
(a) History.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Biology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Markos Varvaris from?

2. In regards to her love of mathematics, Pari told Julien that she enjoyed the lack of arbitrariness and the absence of what in Chapter 6?

3. Where is Adel's father going to oversee his fields of cotton in Chapter 7?

4. What did Julien teach at university when he met Pari and Nila?

5. Where did Pari attend college?

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