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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 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.

2. Where was the young parakeet seller from that Nana almost married when she was fifteen?
(a) Takht-e-Safar.
(b) Shindand.
(c) Panjshir.
(d) Gul Daman.

3. Who is the boy that shoots Laila with the water gun in Chapter 17?
(a) Shanzai.
(b) Khadim.
(c) Muhsin.
(d) Ahmad.

4. Who had supposedly overseen the burial of Fariba's sons, according to the messenger that relates their death?
(a) Ahmad Shah Massoud.
(b) Queen Gauhar Shad.
(c) Mullah Faizullah.
(d) Habib Khan.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the burqa that Rasheed gives to Mariam in Chapter 10?

2. What is the first meal that Mariam cooks for Rasheed as his wife?

3. What is the name of Laila's progressive but strict schoolteacher in Chapter 16?

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

5. What is the name of the celebration that follows Ramadan?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are Mariam's perceptions of Kabul during Ramadan in Chapter 12?

5. What literary allusion does the author employ in Chapter 21? How does this allusion relate metaphorically to A Thousand Splendid Suns?

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

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

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

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

10. How have Mariam's circumstances changed by the end of Chapter 5? What has caused Mariam's circumstances to change?

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