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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the burqa that Rasheed gives to Mariam in Chapter 10?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

2. How many years have Mariam and Rasheed been married in Chapter 29?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 18.
(d) 9.

3. Why does Laila agree to marry Rasheed?
(a) To hide the illegitimacy of her pregnancy.
(b) Because her father is forcing her to.
(c) Because she is in love with him.
(d) Because she is ugly and worries no one else will marry her.

4. When did Ahmad and Noor leave to fight the Soviets, according to the narrator in Chapter 16?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1995.

5. What does the word "hamam" translate to in English?
(a) Husband.
(b) Wife.
(c) Bath house.
(d) Emperor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mountain does Rasheed point out to Mariam from the front window of his house in Chapter 9?

2. What does Tariq do to the boy that shot Laila with the water pistol in Chapter 18?

3. Jalil tells Mariam that he gave her this name because it refers to what?

4. What does the name Aziza mean?

5. Chapter 36 begins in the spring of what year?

(see the answer key)

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