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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 happens to Pari in Chapter 2?
(a) She is given to Nila.
(b) She is killed.
(c) She is returned home.
(d) She is married.

2. Whose bicycle does Masooma recall wrecking in Chapter 3?
(a) Gholam's bicycle.
(b) Saboor's bicycle.
(c) Mulla Shekib's bicycle.
(d) Nabi's bicycle.

3. What feather collected by Pari is her favorite?
(a) A titmouse feather.
(b) A peacock feather.
(c) A chicken feather.
(d) A dove feather.

4. What word from Chapter 2 refers to Afghan nomads primarily from the Ghilji tribal confederacy?
(a) Kuchis.
(b) Qaratas.
(c) Iridis.
(d) Sultanas.

5. Who is the son that the narrator is telling a story to in Chapter 1?
(a) Gholam.
(b) Abdullah.
(c) Iqbar.
(d) Omar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nila take the children while her husband shows Saboor where he will be working in Chapter 2?

2. How old was Abdullah when his mother died?

3. What is the name of Abdullah and Pari's stepmother?

4. How would Qais charm anyone he met, according to the storyteller in Chapter 1?

5. Who teaches all of the village chldren to read and write in Parwana's village?

(see the answer key)

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