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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Rasheed taken a job as a doorman in Chapter 42?
(a) The Intercontinental Hotel.
(b) The Kabul Serena Hotel.
(c) The Farhat Hotel.
(d) The Safi Landmark Hotel.

2. What do Mariam and Laila bury in order to hide it from the Taliban in Chapter 40?
(a) A wedding ring.
(b) A television.
(c) A radio.
(d) A dead dog.

3. What was hidden inside the coat that Tariq was paid to take to Lahore, according to his story in Chapter 44?
(a) Opium.
(b) Hashish.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Heroin.

4. What is the name of Tariq's goat in Chapter 44?
(a) Alyona.
(b) Zaman.
(c) Wajma.
(d) Shanzai.

5. Where does Laila tell Tariq she wants to visit before returning to Kabul in Chapter 50?
(a) Herat.
(b) Abbottabad.
(c) Shindand.
(d) Takht-e-Safar.

6. How old is Zalmai in Chapter 51?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Almost ten.
(c) Almost six.
(d) Sixteen.

7. How long does Tariq say he and his parents stayed at the refugee camp at Nasir Bagh in Chapter 44?
(a) Three months.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two years.
(d) One year.

8. Who is the leader that has been hung as the Taliban speaker declares victory of Kabul in Chapter 37?
(a) Mullah Omar.
(b) Abdul Ali Mazari.
(c) Sibghatullah Mojadidi.
(d) Najibullah.

9. When had Mariam first heard about the Taliban, according to the narrator in Chapter 37?
(a) In October of 1994.
(b) In September of 1997.
(c) In August of 1998.
(d) In July of 1995.

10. Chapter 33 begins in the spring of what year?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1996.

11. About how long after Laila has been recovering at Rasheed's home does Abdul Sharif come looking for her in Chapter 27?
(a) After a week.
(b) After a year.
(c) After a month.
(d) After two weeks.

12. Why does Laila agree to marry Rasheed?
(a) Because she is ugly and worries no one else will marry her.
(b) Because her father is forcing her to.
(c) Because she is in love with him.
(d) To hide the illegitimacy of her pregnancy.

13. In his letter to Mariam, whom does Jalil say was killed on the first day of the 1979 uprising?
(a) Tariq.
(b) Farhad.
(c) Laila.
(d) Afsoon.

14. Who hires Tariq to work as a handyman at his motel after Tariq gets out of prison?
(a) Ahmad.
(b) Wajma.
(c) Habib Khan.
(d) Sayeed.

15. What was the name of Rasheed's first son that drowned?
(a) Ahmad.
(b) Yunus.
(c) Hakim.
(d) Sabir.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the punishment for adultery, according to the Taliban's flyers in Chapter 37?

2. Who brings Mariam, Laila, and Aziza home after their failed attempt to run away in Chapter 36?

3. What physical ailment has Tariq developed in Chapter 50?

4. What "gift" does Mariam give to Laila in Chapter 34?

5. Who is the orphanage director that takes in Aziza in Chapter 42?

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