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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 word used in the narrative refers to a woman's honor?
(a) Hozori.
(b) Daal.
(c) Safar.
(d) Namoos.

2. How far is Herat from Kabul?
(a) 240 kilometers.
(b) 120 kilometers.
(c) 650 kilometers.
(d) 1,000 kilometers.

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

4. What language is native to Kandahar?
(a) Pashto.
(b) Balochi.
(c) Uzbek.
(d) Farsi.

5. Jalil tells Mariam that he gave her this name because it refers to what?
(a) A tuberose flower.
(b) The sunset.
(c) The ocean.
(d) A thousand sunsets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rasheed's profession when he marries Mariam?

2. Where was the young parakeet seller from that Nana almost married when she was fifteen?

3. In what year does Chapter 12 begin?

4. What is the name of the nearby village that Nana's father is from?

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

(see the answer key)

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