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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 Amal in Chapter 3?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

2. How does Nabila say that she hurt her arm in Chapter 16?
(a) Fell on it.
(b) Cut it on metal.
(c) Burned it.
(d) Scraped it.

3. What does Hafsa wish to be when she grows up?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Astronaut.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Doctor.

4. How much land does Amal's family own?
(a) At least 24 acres.
(b) 30 acres.
(c) 27 acres.
(d) About 18 acres.

5. What is the staircase made of in Chapter 16?
(a) Oak.
(b) Wrought iron.
(c) Granite.
(d) Marble.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Amal's parents look at the news in Chapter 5 that they have another girl?

2. What day are poems due for school in Chapter 8?

3. When does Jawad Sahib want to speak with Malik in Chapter 11?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 12, how many days does Amal say that she has not slept?

5. In Chapter 6, how long have Amal and Seema been out of school watching the new baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Amal do with her sisters while her mother is having the baby in Chapter 4?

2. Why did Malik borrow money from Jawad Sahib?

3. What does Omar do when he sees Amal, Hafsa, and Seema and what does it mean?

4. In Chapter 2, what is being built and what is the building rumored to be?

5. In Chapter 12, when does Amal remember sitting with her mother before the baby came?

6. What did the Khan family do when the people of Hazarabad rebelled?

7. In Chapter 20, what does Nabila do and blame Amal?

8. In Chapter 5, what does Amal learn about being a girl?

9. Who is Omar, and why does Amal's mother not want them to do things together any more?

10. What does Mehnaz say about having a daughter in Chapter 12?

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