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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much older is Hakim than Fariba?
(a) 6 years older.
(b) 10 years older.
(c) 3 years older.
(d) 15 years older.

2. In what year was Mariam born?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1963.

3. Who does Jalil say "had raised the famous minarets as her loving ode to Herat back in the fifteenth century" in Chapter 1?
(a) Queen Gauhar Shad.
(b) Abdul Rashid Dostum.
(c) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
(d) Jami.

4. What is the name of Jalil's eldest son by his first wife?
(a) Sabir.
(b) Jami.
(c) Muhsin.
(d) Hakim.

5. How old is Laila in 1987 when Chapter 16 begins?
(a) 12.
(b) 5.
(c) 18.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much older is Tariq than Laila in the narrative?

2. What is the name of Laila's progressive but strict schoolteacher in Chapter 16?

3. How old is Mariam when she first hears the word "harami" in Chapter 1?

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

5. What has Tariq's uncle in Ghazni died from in Chapter 22?

(see the answer key)

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