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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing Ali and Nino do when they arrive at Shimran?
(a) Eat.
(b) Cry.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Pray.

2. In Chapter 7, what does Ali fear has corrupted Nino?
(a) Listening to music.
(b) Reading books.
(c) Not wearing a veil.
(d) Traveling to Russia.

3. How does Ali finally show Nino the streets of Shimran?
(a) In a closed coach.
(b) He takes her for a walk.
(c) From an upstairs window.
(d) On horseback.

4. What is the second wish Ali asks of his father?
(a) To be able to write about the war.
(b) To be able to fight honorably in the war.
(c) To be able to ignore the war entirely.
(d) To be able to join the war later.

5. Who takes Ali to a sulfur bath in Tiflis?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Uncles.
(c) Nino.
(d) Nino's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ali describe the nights spent visiting Nino's family in Tiflis?

2. According to Ali's uncle in Chapter 24, what "lightens the world"?

3. Why can't Nino go out on the streets in Shimran?

4. Why does Nachararyan decide to befriend Nino's father?

5. How does Iljas Beg feel about the war in Chapter 9?

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