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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what day of the week does Jalil come to visit Mariam during her childhood?
(a) Every Thursday.
(b) Every Sunday.
(c) Every Friday.
(d) Every Tuesday.

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

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

4. Who is the village arbab of Gul Daman that visits Mariam and her mother once a month or so during Mariam's childhood?
(a) Habib Khan.
(b) Sibghatullah Mojadidi.
(c) Ahmad Shah Massoud.
(d) Mullah Faizullah.

5. What caused Tariq to lose one of his legs?
(a) He was in a car accident.
(b) He had polio.
(c) He stepped on a land mine.
(d) He was hit by a train.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the elderly midwife that helped to deliver Laila?

3. When did Ahmad and Noor leave to fight the Soviets, according to the narrator in Chapter 16?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hakim reveal to Laila when they are alone at the top of the statues in Chapter 21?

2. How has Mariam's relationship with Rasheed evolved in Chapter 14? What has led to these changes?

3. What leads to the change in Fariba's behavior in Chapter 23? How does her behavior change?

4. When does Chapter 24 take place? What are the circumstances around Laila's family at this time?

5. Chapter 6 is a transitional chapter in A Thousand Splendid Suns. What purpose does this transition serve?

6. When does Chapter 21 take place? What is the political atmosphere like in Afghanistan at this time?

7. How has Mariam adjusted to married life by the beginning of Chapter 11?

8. When does Chapter 23 take place? What is the political atmosphere like in Afghanistan at this time?

9. What political even does Laila's family witness in Chapter 22? What do they make of this affair?

10. How does the narrator describe Mariam's discovery that she was an unwanted child in Chapter 1?

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