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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "Shahr-e-Zohak" translate to in English?
(a) The Blue City.
(b) The Red City.
(c) The White City.
(d) The Green City.

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

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

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

5. When does Chapter 23 begin?
(a) September, 1990.
(b) March, 1995.
(c) July, 1989.
(d) April, 1992.

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

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

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

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

10. Who is the ancient poet that Jalil describes buried beneath a pistachio tree in Herat in Chapter 1?
(a) Queen Gauhar Shad.
(b) Jami.
(c) Abdul Rashid Dostum.
(d) Habib Khan.

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

12. Whose pictures does Fariba hold up as the last Soviet convoys exit the city in Chapter 22?
(a) Laila's and Hakim's.
(b) Mullah Faizullah's.
(c) Ahmad's and Noor's.
(d) Queen Gauhar Shad's.

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

14. How much older is Hakim than Fariba?
(a) 10 years older.
(b) 3 years older.
(c) 6 years older.
(d) 15 years older.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What mountain does Rasheed point out to Mariam from the front window of his house in Chapter 9?

2. What is the name of the celebration that follows Ramadan?

3. What movie does Mariam beg Jalil to take her to for her fifteenth birthday?

4. On what date was Laila born?

5. How far is Herat from Kabul?

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