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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. Why does Shakila lose her job?

2. How long after losing her job does Shakila marry?

3. When does "Burning Books", the store, open up?

4. Where does "Billowing, Fluttering, Winding" take place?

5. Why doesn't Sultan buy the textbooks from a foreign publisher in "The Business Trip"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems does Belqisa cause in "The Business Trip"?

2. What story about Saliqa is told in "Suicide and Song"?

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

4. What do the women in Peshawar talk about in "Crime and Punishment"?

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

6. What does Sultan do when he wants to take a new wife in "The Proposal"?

7. What is Shakila doing in "Billowing, Winding, Fluttering"?

8. How does the burka affect Shakila's society?

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

10. What is Sultan's history with selling books?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the symbolism of books in "The Bookseller of Kabul". How do they serve as a motif?

Essay Topic 2

How does the author use poetry, letters and other text in "The Bookseller of Kabul"? Is this an effective technique? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Examine how the author uses descriptions of exterior locations vs. interior locations. How does defining these spaces differently affect the places, characters and plot of this book?

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