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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fariba say that Noor would have become if he hadn't been killed in Chapter 20?
(a) A politician.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A doctor.
(d) An architect.

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

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

4. What is the name of the nearby village that Nana's father is from?
(a) Gul Daman.
(b) Takht-e-Safar.
(c) Ghazni.
(d) Shindand.

5. What is Rasheed's profession when he marries Mariam?
(a) He is a doctor.
(b) He is a jeweler.
(c) He is a butcher.
(d) He is a shoemaker.

6. During what years was Mohammad Najibullah President of Afghanistan?
(a) 1979-1988.
(b) 1990-1996.
(c) 1987-1992.
(d) 1982-1988.

7. What American President does Rasheed describe resigning over a scandal in Chapter 10?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Bill Clinton.

8. Where does Tariq say that he and his family are going in Chapter 25?
(a) To Pakistan.
(b) To the United States.
(c) To Ukraine.
(d) To Italy.

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

10. What is the first meal that Mariam cooks for Rasheed as his wife?
(a) Daal.
(b) Serkah Pulao.
(c) Kabuli Palau.
(d) Ashak.

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

12. Chapter 22 begins in January of what year?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1977.

13. What is Laila's nickname?
(a) Dark Whisperer.
(b) Plain-clothes Mary.
(c) Pretty Princess.
(d) Revolutionary Girl.

14. What is the name of the park that Rasheed takes Mariam to visit on their tour of Kabul in Chapter 11?
(a) Paghman Gardens.
(b) Gardens of Babur.
(c) Chaman-e-Hozori.
(d) Shar-e-Nau Park.

15. What is the Farsi speaking Tajik region northeast of Kabul that Fariba's family is from?
(a) Gul Daman.
(b) Takht-e-Safar.
(c) Panjshir.
(d) Deh Mazang.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Tariq's family gone to visit his paternal uncle in Chapter 16?

2. What does the word "kojr" translate to in English?

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

4. Where was the young parakeet seller from that Nana almost married when she was fifteen?

5. What kind of gun does Tariq say he's bought in Chapter 24?

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