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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 48-51.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mariam discover Rasheed building in the tool shed in Chapter 13?
(a) A ladder.
(b) A chair.
(c) A gun.
(d) A crib.

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

3. Where does Hakim tell Laila that the family will go first to apply for visas after they leave Kabul in Chapter 26?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Iran.
(c) Russia.
(d) Pakistan.

4. What does Hakim dream of living near in the novel?
(a) The desert.
(b) The mountains.
(c) The equator.
(d) The sea.

5. Who is the elderly village Koran tutor that visits Mariam and Nana during Mariam's childhood?
(a) Sibghatullah Mojadidi.
(b) Habib Khan.
(c) Sayyaf.
(d) Mullah Faizullah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has built the classroom at the renovated orphanage in Chapter 51?

2. During what years was Mohammad Najibullah President of Afghanistan?

3. How old was Mariam's Nana when her mother died?

4. What does Fariba say that Noor would have become if he hadn't been killed in Chapter 20?

5. Who is the "cantankerous cook" that works at the hotel in Murree in Chapter 48?

(see the answer key)

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