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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Fariba and her husband move to Kabul?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1980.

2. What color is the burqa that Rasheed gives to Mariam in Chapter 10?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

3. What does Fariba say that Noor would have become if he hadn't been killed in Chapter 20?
(a) A politician.
(b) An architect.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A teacher.

4. 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) Jami.
(d) Queen Gauhar Shad.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what date was Laila born?

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

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

5. How old was Mariam's Nana when her mother died?

(see the answer key)

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