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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many women share the prison cell with Mariam in Chapter 47?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 9.
(d) 3.

2. What is the name of Tariq's goat in Chapter 44?
(a) Zaman.
(b) Alyona.
(c) Shanzai.
(d) Wajma.

3. During one of his rages in Chapter 33, Rasheed says of the baby, "I'm telling you, Laila's given birth to" whom?
(a) Queen Gauhar Shad.
(b) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
(c) Sibghatullah Mojadidi.
(d) Ahmad Shah Massoud.

4. In what year does Chapter 12 begin?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1974.

5. When does Chapter 23 begin?
(a) July, 1989.
(b) September, 1990.
(c) March, 1995.
(d) April, 1992.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Moghul emperor asked to be buried in Kabul, according to Jalil in Chapter 8?

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

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

4. Whose pictures does Fariba hold up as the last Soviet convoys exit the city in Chapter 22?

5. On what day of the week does Jalil come to visit Mariam during her childhood?

(see the answer key)

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