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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What movie does Mariam beg Jalil to take her to for her fifteenth birthday?
(a) Cinderella.
(b) It's a Wonderful Life.
(c) Pinocchio.
(d) Titanic.

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

3. What is the name of the elderly midwife that helped to deliver Laila?
(a) Shanzai.
(b) Muhsin.
(c) Jami.
(d) Wajma.

4. Where does Hakim rent a hall for his sons' fatiha in Chapter 19?
(a) Karteh Seh.
(b) Takht-e-Safar.
(c) Panjshir.
(d) Ghazni.

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) Queen Gauhar Shad.
(b) Abdul Rashid Dostum.
(c) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
(d) Jami.

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

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

8. What occurs at the end of Chapter 26?
(a) Laila's parents are in an automobile accident.
(b) A rocket strikes Laila's family's home.
(c) Laila's father kills himself.
(d) Laila's family is arrested.

9. Who is described in Chapter 23 as "the flamboyant Uzbek commander, leader of the Junbish-i-Milli faction"?
(a) Ahmad Shah Massoud.
(b) Mullah Faizullah.
(c) Abdul Rashid Dostum.
(d) Queen Gauhar Shad.

10. In what area of Kabul is Rasheed's home located in Chapter 9?
(a) Deh Mazang.
(b) Shindand.
(c) Takht-e-Safar.
(d) Gul Daman.

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

12. What color is the burqa that Rasheed gives to Mariam in Chapter 10?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

13. How many legitimate wives does Jalil have when Mariam is a child?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

14. How many children does Jalil have in Chapter 1?
(a) 11.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 9.

15. On what date was Mir Akbar Khyber assassinated?
(a) July 12, 1975.
(b) April 17, 1978.
(c) August 10, 1982.
(d) March 12, 1968.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the village arbab of Gul Daman that visits Mariam and her mother once a month or so during Mariam's childhood?

2. What word used in the narrative refers to a woman's honor?

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

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

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

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