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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 is Tariq's father's profession?
(a) He is a carpenter.
(b) He is a farmer.
(c) He is a shoemaker.
(d) He is a butcher.

2. What type of business does Jalil own when Mariam is a child?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A shoe store.
(c) A butcher shop.
(d) A cinema.

3. For how many years did King Zahir Shah's reign last in Afghanistan?
(a) 20.
(b) 40.
(c) 30.
(d) 15.

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

5. What is Laila's nickname?
(a) Revolutionary Girl.
(b) Dark Whisperer.
(c) Plain-clothes Mary.
(d) Pretty Princess.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the village arbab of Gul Daman that visits Mariam and her mother once a month or so during Mariam's childhood?

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

4. In what year was Mariam born?

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

(see the answer key)

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