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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, For Dreams to Grow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does the prologue take place?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1975.

2. What is happening with the people of the land due to The Emergency?
(a) They are being incarcerated.
(b) They are losing their money.
(c) They are falling ill.
(d) They are dying.

3. Who is Ibrahim?
(a) A politician.
(b) A police officer.
(c) The building's janitor.
(d) The landlord.

4. What do the two men ask Dina for permission to do while they are sewing?
(a) To talk.
(b) To eat.
(c) To drink.
(d) To smoke.

5. What was Dina's father's occupation?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A priest.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. After meeting with Rustom, how does Nusswan feel about his sister's impending marriage?

2. What seems to be an epidemic in the setting of this novel?

3. What item does Om stop to purchase after he realizes he has sat on his old one?

4. Which of the characters introduced in the prologue is considered to be the wealthiest?

5. After the first order of 36 dresses, what does the export company request?

(see the answer key)

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