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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Shari'a law under the Islamic State of Afghanistan, women are permitted to travel under what condition?
(a) That they travel with a male relative.
(b) That they travel by car.
(c) That they travel with their mother or father.
(d) That they travel with another woman.

2. What occurs at the end of Chapter 26?
(a) Laila's father kills himself.
(b) Laila's parents are in an automobile accident.
(c) A rocket strikes Laila's family's home.
(d) Laila's family is arrested.

3. What is the name of the man that buys the bus tickets for Laila in Chapter 36?
(a) Noor.
(b) Muhsin.
(c) Wakil.
(d) Sayyaf.

4. Chapter 22 begins in January of what year?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1989.

5. Where does Hakim tell Laila that the family will go first to apply for visas after they leave Kabul in Chapter 26?
(a) Russia.
(b) Iran.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) Turkey.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does "Shahr-e-Zohak" translate to in English?

3. In what year does Chapter 12 begin?

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

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

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