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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the word "harami" mean, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Emperor.
(b) Shaman.
(c) Princess.
(d) Bastard.

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

5. What does the word "hamam" translate to in English?
(a) Husband.
(b) Wife.
(c) Emperor.
(d) Bath house.

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

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

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

9. What language is native to Kandahar?
(a) Balochi.
(b) Farsi.
(c) Uzbek.
(d) Pashto.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What mountain does Rasheed point out to Mariam from the front window of his house in Chapter 9?
(a) Mount Rushmore.
(b) Nanda Devi.
(c) Pumori Mountain.
(d) Asmai Mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rasheed's profession when he marries Mariam?

2. Who is the 18-year-old boy that Giti has become enamored with in Chapter 23?

3. What is the name of Laila's progressive but strict schoolteacher in Chapter 16?

4. Where does Hasina say her husband will be moving them after their marriage in Chapter 23?

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

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