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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 36-40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hakim dream of living near in the novel?
(a) The equator.
(b) The desert.
(c) The sea.
(d) The mountains.

2. Who is the 18-year-old boy that Giti has become enamored with in Chapter 23?
(a) Noor.
(b) Babur.
(c) Sabir.
(d) Ahmad.

3. On what date was Mir Akbar Khyber assassinated?
(a) March 12, 1968.
(b) August 10, 1982.
(c) July 12, 1975.
(d) April 17, 1978.

4. When had Mariam first heard about the Taliban, according to the narrator in Chapter 37?
(a) In August of 1998.
(b) In October of 1994.
(c) In July of 1995.
(d) In September of 1997.

5. What organization sends Tariq a new prosthetic leg in Chapter 23?
(a) The Red Cross.
(b) The Blue Cross.
(c) The Kabul Doctors United.
(d) The World Health Organization.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of hat does Tariq wear as they watch the last Soviet convoys leave the city in Chapter 22?

2. When does Chapter 23 begin?

3. Where are people of Kabul punished each week on Fridays by the Taliban for disobeying orders in Chapter 38?

4. How far is Herat from Kabul?

5. What mountain does Rasheed point out to Mariam from the front window of his house in Chapter 9?

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