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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 27-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Moghul emperor asked to be buried in Kabul, according to Jalil in Chapter 8?
(a) Mullah Faizullah.
(b) Babur.
(c) Muhsin.
(d) Jami.

2. What name is used in Chapter 21 to describe the Afghan Pashtun wanderers that are primarily from the Ghilzai tribal confederacy?
(a) Koochi nomads.
(b) Whirling dervishes.
(c) Deh Mazang.
(d) Shindand nomads.

3. What does Fariba say that Noor would have become if he hadn't been killed in Chapter 20?
(a) An architect.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A politician.
(d) A teacher.

4. What caused Tariq to lose one of his legs?
(a) He stepped on a land mine.
(b) He was hit by a train.
(c) He had polio.
(d) He was in a car accident.

5. How old is Laila when Rasheed suggests that he marry her?
(a) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "ahmaq" translate to in English?

2. Where does Laila hide the money that she steals from Rasheed in Chapter 34?

3. What has Tariq's uncle in Ghazni died from in Chapter 22?

4. Where did Rasheed's first son drown?

5. How far is Herat from Kabul?

(see the answer key)

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