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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tariq do to the boy that shot Laila with the water pistol in Chapter 18?
(a) He shoots him with a BB gun.
(b) He throws a water balloon at him.
(c) He beats him with his prosthetic leg.
(d) He tells the boy's mother.

2. On what date was Laila born?
(a) August 10, 1982.
(b) March 12, 1968.
(c) April 27, 1978.
(d) July 12, 1975.

3. On what day of the week does Jalil come to visit Mariam during her childhood?
(a) Every Friday.
(b) Every Tuesday.
(c) Every Sunday.
(d) Every Thursday.

4. Who was the leader of the Islamic Jihad Council that formed following Afghanistan's independence?
(a) Sibghatullah Mojadidi.
(b) Queen Gauhar Shad.
(c) Abdul Rashid Dostum.
(d) Ahmad Shah Massoud.

5. What does the word "kojr" translate to in English?
(a) Princess.
(b) Emperor.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) Warrior.

6. Where was the young parakeet seller from that Nana almost married when she was fifteen?
(a) Takht-e-Safar.
(b) Gul Daman.
(c) Panjshir.
(d) Shindand.

7. How is Giti killed in Chapter 24?
(a) She is hit by a train.
(b) She is hit by a rocket.
(c) She steps into a landmine.
(d) She is hit by a car.

8. Who is the village arbab of Gul Daman that visits Mariam and her mother once a month or so during Mariam's childhood?
(a) Mullah Faizullah.
(b) Sibghatullah Mojadidi.
(c) Habib Khan.
(d) Ahmad Shah Massoud.

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

10. What has Tariq's uncle in Ghazni died from in Chapter 22?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) A bombing raid.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Tuberculosis.

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

12. Who had supposedly overseen the burial of Fariba's sons, according to the messenger that relates their death?
(a) Mullah Faizullah.
(b) Queen Gauhar Shad.
(c) Habib Khan.
(d) Ahmad Shah Massoud.

13. How does Mariam's mother commit suicide?
(a) She slits her wrists.
(b) She shoots herself.
(c) She overdoses on pills.
(d) She hangs herself.

14. How much older is Tariq than Laila in the narrative?
(a) 4 years older.
(b) 3 years older.
(c) 2 years older.
(d) 1 year older.

15. What is Tariq's father's profession?
(a) He is a carpenter.
(b) He is a butcher.
(c) He is a shoemaker.
(d) He is a farmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hakim dream of living near in the novel?

2. Who is the boy that shoots Laila with the water gun in Chapter 17?

3. When does the narrator say that Shahr-e-Zohak was built into a fortress to defend the valley from invaders?

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

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

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