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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the word "harami" mean, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Princess.
(b) Bastard.
(c) Shaman.
(d) Emperor.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years did King Zahir Shah's reign last in Afghanistan?

2. Where does Nana say that Jalil was horseback riding with friends when she gave birth to Mariam?

3. What is the name of the park that Rasheed takes Mariam to visit on their tour of Kabul in Chapter 11?

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

5. What does the term "jo" or "jon" as used in addressing someone translate to in English?

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