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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 beats him with his prosthetic leg.
(b) He tells the boy's mother.
(c) He throws a water balloon at him.
(d) He shoots him with a BB gun.

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

3. Where is Hasina taken by her family to marry a cousin who owns an auto shop in Chapter 23?
(a) Panjshir.
(b) Gul Daman.
(c) Lahore.
(d) Ghazni.

4. What is the name of Jalil's eldest son by his first wife?
(a) Hakim.
(b) Muhsin.
(c) Jami.
(d) Sabir.

5. 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) Chaman-e-Hozori.
(c) Gardens of Babur.
(d) Shar-e-Nau Park.

6. How far is Herat from Kabul?
(a) 240 kilometers.
(b) 120 kilometers.
(c) 650 kilometers.
(d) 1,000 kilometers.

7. What kind of hat does Tariq wear as they watch the last Soviet convoys leave the city in Chapter 22?
(a) A derby hat.
(b) A bowler.
(c) An ushanka.
(d) A fedora.

8. How old was Mariam's Nana when her mother died?
(a) 6 years old.
(b) 2 years old.
(c) 12 years old.
(d) 15 years old.

9. Where does Hasina say her husband will be moving them after their marriage in Chapter 23?
(a) Germany.
(b) The United States.
(c) France.
(d) Great Britain.

10. What Moghul emperor asked to be buried in Kabul, according to Jalil in Chapter 8?
(a) Muhsin.
(b) Mullah Faizullah.
(c) Jami.
(d) Babur.

11. Who is the boy that shoots Laila with the water gun in Chapter 17?
(a) Ahmad.
(b) Khadim.
(c) Muhsin.
(d) Shanzai.

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

13. Tariq's family is of what ethnic group in Afghanistan?
(a) The Pashtuns.
(b) The Hazara.
(c) The Tajiks.
(d) The Uzbeks.

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

15. Who is the warlord of the Pashtun forces in West Kabul that is described in Chapter 24 as fighting against the Hazaras of the Wahdat faction in 1992?
(a) Ahmad Shah Massoud.
(b) Sayyaf.
(c) Abdul Rashid Dostum.
(d) Muhsin.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years did King Zahir Shah's reign last in Afghanistan?

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

3. In what area of Kabul is Rasheed's home located in Chapter 9?

4. Who is the elderly village Koran tutor that visits Mariam and Nana during Mariam's childhood?

5. How much older is Hakim than Fariba?

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