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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 41-47.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who brings Mariam, Laila, and Aziza home after their failed attempt to run away in Chapter 36?
(a) Rasheed.
(b) The police.
(c) Laila's mother.
(d) Laila's father.

2. What was hidden inside the coat that Tariq was paid to take to Lahore, according to his story in Chapter 44?
(a) Hashish.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Opium.

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

4. Who does Tariq say sent out inquiries and told him of the death of Tariq's mother while they were in prison in Chapter 44?
(a) Khadim.
(b) Zaman.
(c) Salim.
(d) Ahmad.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the word "harami" mean, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

3. Where does Hakim rent a hall for his sons' fatiha in Chapter 19?

4. Where does a guard tell Mariam and other citizens that this hospital no longer treats women in Chapter 39?

5. Chapter 22 begins in January of what year?

(see the answer key)

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