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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date was Mir Akbar Khyber assassinated?
(a) April 17, 1978.
(b) August 10, 1982.
(c) July 12, 1975.
(d) March 12, 1968.

2. What is the name of the celebration that follows Ramadan?
(a) Eid al-Fitr.
(b) Dhu al-Hijjah.
(c) Day of Ashura.
(d) Eid Al-Adha.

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

4. What kind of hat does Tariq wear as they watch the last Soviet convoys leave the city in Chapter 22?
(a) An ushanka.
(b) A bowler.
(c) A fedora.
(d) A derby hat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose pictures does Fariba hold up as the last Soviet convoys exit the city in Chapter 22?

2. How does Mariam's mother commit suicide?

3. Who was the leader of the Islamic Jihad Council that formed following Afghanistan's independence?

4. In what year was Mariam born?

5. What does Hakim dream of living near in the novel?

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