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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Saliqa beaten?
(a) For skipping school.
(b) For talking with a boy.
(c) For stealing from a store.
(d) For cheating on a test.

2. Who is given a bloody cloth after Shakila's wedding?
(a) Wakil's father.
(b) Shakila.
(c) Wakil.
(d) Shakila's father.

3. How many rooms are in Sultan's apartment in "The Matriarch"?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

4. Who negotiates the marriages of Shakila and Bulbula?
(a) Their mother.
(b) Their father.
(c) Sultan.
(d) Sharifa.

5. Why do the religious police burn books in "Burning Books"?
(a) They find them objectionable.
(b) They think they are too expensive.
(c) They don't allow religious texts in their city.
(d) They were told to by Sultan.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many decrees does the narrator say the Taliban passed in 1996?

2. How did Jamila's family react when the man visited her?

3. In "Crime and Punishment", how does Sharifa feel about staying in Peshawar?

4. In "The Matriarch", how many people live in Sultan's apartment?

5. In "Wedding", how must Shakila act toward her mother-in-law?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Burning Books", why are Sultan's books burned?

2. In "The Matriarch", what is Sultan's apartment like?

3. What does Sultan do when he finally reaches Pakistan?

4. What does the bazaar look like in "Billowing, Fluttering, Winding"?

5. What is Shakila's life like at school?

6. What traditions are followed at Shakila's wedding?

7. How does Shakila's family prepare for her wedding in "Wedding"?

8. What are some of the things that the Taliban banned in 1996?

9. In "The Matriarch", what does Bibi Gul fear?

10. What is Shakila's role at her celebration feast in "Wedding"?

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