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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Idris's wife?

2. For how long have Adel and his family lived in the village away from Kabul in Chapter 7?

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

4. What does Thalia tell Markos to do in her message in the beginning of Chapter 8?

5. What did Madeline describe Thalia building in their backyard when they visited Tinos?

Short Essay Questions

1. What criticisms of Pari does Nila express in the interview in Chapter 6?

2. How is Markos's first meeting with Thalia described in Chapter 8?

3. What exchange takes place between Timur and Nabi in Chapter 5? What does this say about each character?

4. How are Timur and Idris similar? How are they different?

5. In what ways has Commander Sahib improved the quality of life for the villagers?

6. Who is Amra Ademovic and what is her relationship to Roshi?

7. Where did Gholam grow up? Why did he and his father return?

8. Describe Markos's childhood. Where did he grow up? What was his family like?

9. How does Nila address her poetry and the sources of her poetry in Chapter 6?

10. What promise does Idris make to Roshi? Does he fulfill his promise? Why or why not?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the narrative style(s) in And the Mountains Echoed. What different perspectives are presented? What points of view are used? Why does the author employ these different narrative styles?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the setting and historical context of the novel. What time span is covered in the narrative? What are the main settings of the story? How do politics and international relations impact the story?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the character of Pari, Abdullah's daughter, in the novel. When is Pari first introduced? What connection does she have with her aunt and namesake? How is Pari's childhood described?

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