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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What word used in the narrative refers to a woman's honor?
(a) Hozori.
(b) Namoos.
(c) Daal.
(d) Safar.

4. When did Fariba and her husband move to Kabul?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1960.

5. Where does Nana say that Jalil was horseback riding with friends when she gave birth to Mariam?
(a) Lahore.
(b) Shindand.
(c) Gul Daman.
(d) Takht-e-Safar.

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

7. Jalil tells Mariam that he gave her this name because it refers to what?
(a) A thousand sunsets.
(b) The ocean.
(c) A tuberose flower.
(d) The sunset.

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

9. How old is Laila in 1987 when Chapter 16 begins?
(a) 18.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

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

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

12. What kind of gun does Tariq say he's bought in Chapter 24?
(a) A Kalashnikov.
(b) A Berden.
(c) An Uzi.
(d) A Beretta.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tariq do to the boy that shot Laila with the water pistol in Chapter 18?

2. What language is native to Kandahar?

3. What does Mariam discover Rasheed building in the tool shed in Chapter 13?

4. What color is Laila's hair described as in Chapter 16?

5. What is the name of Jalil's eldest son by his first wife?

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