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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 word from Chapter 3 refers to a type of clay oven used for cooking in Southern, Central, and Western Asia?
(a) Sobri bacher.
(b) Ruz bacher.
(c) Choda.
(d) Tandoor.

2. How is Masooma's behavior as an infant described in Chapter 3?
(a) She was forever screaming.
(b) She was a tyrant.
(c) She was hostile and angry.
(d) She was a sensible baby.

3. What happened to the object that Parwana shoplifted for Saboor when they were kids?
(a) It was thrown in the river.
(b) It was discovered by her father.
(c) Masooma gave it to Saboor.
(d) She returned it to the bazaar.

4. How did Abdullah's mother die?
(a) She drowned in the river.
(b) She was killed in a fire.
(c) She was in a car accident.
(d) She died in childbirth.

5. How would Qais charm anyone he met, according to the storyteller in Chapter 1?
(a) With his devilish laughter.
(b) With is witty jokes.
(c) With his musical skills.
(d) With his playful pranks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What solution did Baba Ayub think of for handling his son's sleepwalking?

2. What request does Masooma make when Parwana is filling her hookah in the desert in Chapter 3?

3. On what day of the week does Parwana visit the graves of her parents?

4. Whose poem was attached to the rock that was thrown at Masooma by the boys in "She Was Forever Screaming"?

5. For how long had a drought plagued the people of Baba Ayub's village, according to the storyteller in Chapter 1?

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