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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: "Spring 1949".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What jobs does Uncle Nabi do for a living?
(a) He is a cook and a chauffeur.
(b) He is a taxi driver and cashier.
(c) He is a maitre d' and bartender.
(d) He is a butcher and a clerk.

2. What would the div do if a family refused to give it one child, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) It would kill the entire village.
(b) It would take all the family's children.
(c) It would kill and eat the family's parents.
(d) It would leave and go home.

3. How many children did Baba Ayub have?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

4. What attraction does Masooma tell Parwana that she wants to go to see in Kabul in Chapter 3?
(a) The Shrine of Ali.
(b) Darulaman Palace.
(c) The Minaret of Jam.
(d) The Gardens of Babur.

5. How old was Qais in the story in Chapter 1?
(a) Two.
(b) Nine.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the narrator's daughter in Chapter 1?

2. What does Baba Ayub throw at the wall after the div has presented him with a choice in Chapter 1?

3. What color are the div's eyes described as in Chapter 1?

4. What is the darkness around Parwana compared to in the end of Chapter 3?

5. How old is Iqbal said to be in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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