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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. How old is Laila in 1987 when Chapter 16 begins?
(a) 9.
(b) 18.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.
2. Whose pictures does Fariba hold up as the last Soviet convoys exit the city in Chapter 22?
(a) Ahmad's and Noor's.
(b) Queen Gauhar Shad's.
(c) Laila's and Hakim's.
(d) Mullah Faizullah's.
3. What is the first meal that Mariam cooks for Rasheed as his wife?
(a) Ashak.
(b) Daal.
(c) Serkah Pulao.
(d) Kabuli Palau.
4. What is the name of the elderly midwife that helped to deliver Laila?
(a) Shanzai.
(b) Muhsin.
(c) Wajma.
(d) Jami.
5. What American President does Rasheed describe resigning over a scandal in Chapter 10?
(a) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Bill Clinton.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Tariq say that he and his family are going in Chapter 25?
2. What is the name of the park that Rasheed takes Mariam to visit on their tour of Kabul in Chapter 11?
3. On what date was Laila born?
4. Chapter 22 begins in January of what year?
5. What does the word "hamam" translate to in English?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Laila's relationship with Tariq described in Chapter 18? How does Laila feel about Tariq's family?
2. When does Chapter 21 take place? What is the political atmosphere like in Afghanistan at this time?
3. How have Mariam's circumstances changed by the end of Chapter 5? What has caused Mariam's circumstances to change?
4. What are Laila's perceptions of the funeral in Chapter 19? How does Laila grieve?
5. How would you describe Mariam's relationship with each of her parents in Chapter 1?
6. What discrepancy is seen between Nana's and Jalil's descriptions of Mariam's birth in Chapter 2?
7. What are the reasons behind Mariam's marriage arrangement in Chapter 7? How is this arrangement perceived by the characters in the story?
8. How does the narrator describe Mariam's discovery that she was an unwanted child in Chapter 1?
9. How has Mariam's relationship with Rasheed evolved in Chapter 14? What has led to these changes?
10. What circumstances lend themselves to Mariam's feelings of isolation in Chapter 10?
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