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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 41-47.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rasheed's profession when he marries Mariam?
(a) He is a doctor.
(b) He is a butcher.
(c) He is a jeweler.
(d) He is a shoemaker.

2. What is the punishment for a woman laughing in public, according to the Taliban's flyers in Chapter 37?
(a) Beating.
(b) Imprisonment.
(c) Having a hand cut off.
(d) Execution.

3. What is the name of Laila's progressive but strict schoolteacher in Chapter 16?
(a) Shanzai.
(b) Jami.
(c) Muhsin.
(d) Ahmad.

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

5. What does the word "kolba" refer to in the novel?
(a) A hut.
(b) A horse-cart.
(c) A place of religious worship.
(d) A veil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization sends Tariq a new prosthetic leg in Chapter 23?

2. How long has Tariq been gone when Fariba finally agrees to leave Kabul in Chapter 26?

3. Who is the elderly village Koran tutor that visits Mariam and Nana during Mariam's childhood?

4. What does the word "hamam" translate to in English?

5. How long does Tariq say he and his parents stayed at the refugee camp at Nasir Bagh in Chapter 44?

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