View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are people of Kabul punished each week on Fridays by the Taliban for disobeying orders in Chapter 38?
(a) Paghman Gardens.
(b) Ghazi Stadium.
(c) Chaman-e-Hozori.
(d) Gardens of Babur.

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

3. Where does Hasina say her husband will be moving them after their marriage in Chapter 23?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) The United States.
(d) Great Britain.

4. Who is described in Chapter 37 as "a mysterious, illiterate, one-eyed recluse" that leads the Taliban?
(a) Sibghatullah Mojadidi.
(b) Ahmad Shah Massoud.
(c) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
(d) Mullah Omar.

5. 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 September of 1997.
(d) In July of 1995.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the leader that has been hung as the Taliban speaker declares victory of Kabul in Chapter 37?

2. What Hazara commander has been captured and killed by the Taliban in Chapter 37?

3. Chapter 36 begins in the spring of what year?

4. What is the punishment for attempting to convert a Muslim to a different faith, according to the Taliban's flyers in Chapter 37?

5. Where does Hakim tell Laila that the family will go first to apply for visas after they leave Kabul in Chapter 26?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 234 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample