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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Fariba's eldest son?
(a) Noor.
(b) Hakim.
(c) Muhsin.
(d) Ahmad.

2. Who discovers Mariam in a pool of blood after she has miscarried in Chapter 13?
(a) Fariba.
(b) Ahmad.
(c) Hakim.
(d) Laila.

3. What does Mariam discover Rasheed building in the tool shed in Chapter 13?
(a) A gun.
(b) A ladder.
(c) A crib.
(d) A chair.

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

5. Who does Jalil say "had raised the famous minarets as her loving ode to Herat back in the fifteenth century" in Chapter 1?
(a) Queen Gauhar Shad.
(b) Jami.
(c) Abdul Rashid Dostum.
(d) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jalil tells Mariam that he gave her this name because it refers to what?

2. How many legitimate wives does Jalil have when Mariam is a child?

3. How far is Herat from Kabul?

4. What color is Laila's hair described as in Chapter 16?

5. What movie does Mariam beg Jalil to take her to for her fifteenth birthday?

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