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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Fariba's eldest son?
(a) Hakim.
(b) Muhsin.
(c) Ahmad.
(d) Noor.

2. Who is the 18-year-old boy that Giti has become enamored with in Chapter 23?
(a) Noor.
(b) Ahmad.
(c) Sabir.
(d) Babur.

3. What does the word "kolba" refer to in the novel?
(a) A place of religious worship.
(b) A horse-cart.
(c) A hut.
(d) A veil.

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

5. In what area of Kabul is Rasheed's home located in Chapter 9?
(a) Takht-e-Safar.
(b) Gul Daman.
(c) Deh Mazang.
(d) Shindand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described in Chapter 23 as "the flamboyant Uzbek commander, leader of the Junbish-i-Milli faction"?

2. How old is Laila in 1987 when Chapter 16 begins?

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

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

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

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