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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. Who does Jalil say "had raised the famous minarets as her loving ode to Herat back in the fifteenth century" in Chapter 1?
(a) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
(b) Abdul Rashid Dostum.
(c) Queen Gauhar Shad.
(d) Jami.

2. 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.

3. Where does Hasina say her husband will be moving them after their marriage in Chapter 23?
(a) Great Britain.
(b) Germany.
(c) The United States.
(d) France.

4. What name is used in Chapter 21 to describe the Afghan Pashtun wanderers that are primarily from the Ghilzai tribal confederacy?
(a) Whirling dervishes.
(b) Koochi nomads.
(c) Deh Mazang.
(d) Shindand nomads.

5. What does Tariq do to the boy that shot Laila with the water pistol in Chapter 18?
(a) He shoots him with a BB gun.
(b) He tells the boy's mother.
(c) He beats him with his prosthetic leg.
(d) He throws a water balloon at him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Mariam born?

2. On what date was Mir Akbar Khyber assassinated?

3. Who discovers Mariam in a pool of blood after she has miscarried in Chapter 13?

4. Who is the elderly village Koran tutor that visits Mariam and Nana during Mariam's childhood?

5. How long has Tariq been gone when Fariba finally agrees to leave Kabul in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

1. What circumstances lend themselves to Mariam's feelings of isolation in Chapter 10?

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

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

4. How would you describe Mariam's relationship with each of her parents in Chapter 1?

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

6. How is Laila's relationship with Tariq described in Chapter 18? How does Laila feel about Tariq's family?

7. What news is delivered to Laila's family in Chapter 19? How does Laila's mother handle this information?

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

9. How has Fariba's behavior changed in Chapter 20? What does Laila make of these changes?

10. How is Fariba's (Laila's mother's) daily behavior described in Chapter 17?

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