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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the boy that shoots Laila with the water gun in Chapter 17?
(a) Shanzai.
(b) Khadim.
(c) Muhsin.
(d) Ahmad.

2. Who was the leader of the Islamic Jihad Council that formed following Afghanistan's independence?
(a) Ahmad Shah Massoud.
(b) Queen Gauhar Shad.
(c) Abdul Rashid Dostum.
(d) Sibghatullah Mojadidi.

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

4. How much older is Tariq than Laila in the narrative?
(a) 1 year older.
(b) 4 years older.
(c) 3 years older.
(d) 2 years older.

5. How does Mariam's mother commit suicide?
(a) She shoots herself.
(b) She slits her wrists.
(c) She overdoses on pills.
(d) She hangs herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Laila's hair described as in Chapter 16?

2. Tariq's family is of what ethnic group in Afghanistan?

3. What disorder did Mariam's Nana develop before she was to wed at the age of fifteen?

4. What is the name of Fariba's eldest son?

5. What does the term "jo" or "jon" as used in addressing someone translate to in English?

(see the answer key)

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