A Thousand Splendid Suns Test | Final Test - Medium

Khaled Hosseini
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 135 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Thousand Splendid Suns Test | Final Test - Medium

Khaled Hosseini
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 135 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 language does Tariq say he learned to speak while he was in prison?
(a) Urdu.
(b) English.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Pashto.

2. Who brings Mariam, Laila, and Aziza home after their failed attempt to run away in Chapter 36?
(a) The police.
(b) Rasheed.
(c) Laila's mother.
(d) Laila's father.

3. What is the punishment for a woman laughing in public, according to the Taliban's flyers in Chapter 37?
(a) Execution.
(b) Having a hand cut off.
(c) Imprisonment.
(d) Beating.

4. Where is Laila forced to go in order to give birth in Chapter 39?
(a) At home.
(b) Rabia Balkhi.
(c) Malalai Hospital.
(d) Jamhuriat Hospital.

5. Chapter 33 begins in the spring of what year?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1997.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abdul Sharif say his wife's name is in Chapter 28?

2. Why does Laila agree to marry Rasheed?

3. What does Laila ask Mariam to do in the end of Chapter 35?

4. What movie does Aziza's family take her to see for her birthday in Chapter 51?

5. What is the punishment for adultery, according to the Taliban's flyers in Chapter 37?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have the political changes in Afghanistan influenced Rasheed's behavior in Chapter 38?

2. How are the themes of virtue and survivalism explored in Chapter 30?

3. How does Laila respond when she determines that she is pregnant in Chapter 38?

4. What symbolism and metaphors are explored through the death of Rasheed in Chapter 45?

5. When does Chapter 42 take place? What are the circumstances like at this time for Laila and Mariam?

6. What are the consequences of Mariam's and Laila's capture in Chapter 36?

7. How is Laila's and Tariq's journey described in Chapter 50? Where do they visit on their way to Kabul?

8. What decision has Laila reached in Chapter 49, and what has led her to this decision?

9. How have the politics of Afghanistan changed in Chapter 37? What new regulations are announced?

10. Why does Mariam attempt contacting Jalil in Chapter 41? What does she discover?

(see the answer keys)

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