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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 mountain does Rasheed point out to Mariam from the front window of his house in Chapter 9?
(a) Nanda Devi.
(b) Asmai Mountain.
(c) Mount Rushmore.
(d) Pumori Mountain.

2. What is the Farsi speaking Tajik region northeast of Kabul that Fariba's family is from?
(a) Deh Mazang.
(b) Takht-e-Safar.
(c) Panjshir.
(d) Gul Daman.

3. Who is the ancient poet that Jalil describes buried beneath a pistachio tree in Herat in Chapter 1?
(a) Jami.
(b) Abdul Rashid Dostum.
(c) Habib Khan.
(d) Queen Gauhar Shad.

4. Where has Tariq's family gone to visit his paternal uncle in Chapter 16?
(a) Gul Daman.
(b) Takht-e-Safar.
(c) Ghazni.
(d) Shindand.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fariba say that Noor would have become if he hadn't been killed in Chapter 20?

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

3. What word used in the narrative refers to a woman's honor?

4. When did Ahmad and Noor leave to fight the Soviets, according to the narrator in Chapter 16?

5. Who had supposedly overseen the burial of Fariba's sons, according to the messenger that relates their death?

(see the answer key)

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