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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 36-40.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the first meal that Mariam cooks for Rasheed as his wife?
(a) Daal.
(b) Serkah Pulao.
(c) Ashak.
(d) Kabuli Palau.

3. What caused Tariq to lose one of his legs?
(a) He was in a car accident.
(b) He was hit by a train.
(c) He had polio.
(d) He stepped on a land mine.

4. Chapter 36 begins in the spring of what year?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1992.

5. What does Fariba say that Noor would have become if he hadn't been killed in Chapter 20?
(a) A teacher.
(b) An architect.
(c) A politician.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of businesses does Abdul Sharif say he owns in Chapter 28?

2. Why does Laila agree to marry Rasheed?

3. What Hazara commander has been captured and killed by the Taliban in Chapter 37?

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

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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