View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many legitimate wives does Jalil have when Mariam is a child?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

2. What disorder did Mariam's Nana develop before she was to wed at the age of fifteen?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Anorexia.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Bulimia.

3. What is the name of the nearby village that Nana's father is from?
(a) Shindand.
(b) Ghazni.
(c) Gul Daman.
(d) Takht-e-Safar.

4. What does the word "hamam" translate to in English?
(a) Bath house.
(b) Husband.
(c) Wife.
(d) Emperor.

5. In what year does Chapter 12 begin?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1963.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mariam's mother commit suicide?

2. Who does Jalil say "had raised the famous minarets as her loving ode to Herat back in the fifteenth century" in Chapter 1?

3. What is the name of Jalil's eldest son by his first wife?

4. What does Mariam discover Rasheed building in the tool shed in Chapter 13?

5. What Moghul emperor asked to be buried in Kabul, according to Jalil in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 176 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample