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

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

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

4. What is Rasheed's profession when he marries Mariam?
(a) He is a shoemaker.
(b) He is a jeweler.
(c) He is a butcher.
(d) He is a doctor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the park that Rasheed takes Mariam to visit on their tour of Kabul in Chapter 11?

2. Where has Tariq's family gone to visit his paternal uncle in Chapter 16?

3. How old is Mariam when she first hears the word "harami" in Chapter 1?

4. How much older is Tariq than Laila in the narrative?

5. What does Hakim dream of living near in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nana respond when Mullah Faizullah suggests Mariam be educated in Chapter 3? Why?

2. What discrepancy is seen between Nana's and Jalil's descriptions of Mariam's birth in Chapter 2?

3. How are Laila's circumstances shown to be different than Mariam's circumstances in Chapter 16?

4. How are Jalil's visits to Mariam described in Chapter 4? What do they talk about?

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

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

7. What loss does Mariam suffer in Chapter 13? How does this loss affect her?

8. How would you describe Mariam's introduction to married life in Chapter 9?

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

10. How does the Afghanistan war against the Russians factor directly into Laila's storyline in Chapter 17?

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