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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: "Fall 2010".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The excerpt that opens Chapter 6 comes from what periodical?
(a) "La Pointe."
(b) "Parallaxe."
(c) "People."
(d) "Elle."

2. Who is the author of the letter that comprises Chapter 4?
(a) Omar.
(b) Mullah Shekib.
(c) Nabi.
(d) Gholam.

3. 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 kill and eat the family's parents.
(c) It would leave and go home.
(d) It would take all the family's children.

4. Why does the narrator tell his children they will need their sleep tonight in Chapter 1?
(a) Saboor is getting married the next day.
(b) His daughter is getting sold the next day.
(c) His son is going to be sold the next day.
(d) He and his daughter are traveling the next day.

5. When did Timur and Idris's family settle in the United States?
(a) The early 1980s.
(b) The early 1970s.
(c) The late 1990s.
(d) The early 1990s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of company does Timur run in the United States?

2. What does Baba Ayub's village's name translate to in English?

3. When did the author of the letter in Chapter 4 move to Kabul from Shadbagh?

4. What word in the novel refers to a Bedouin Arab's kerchief worn as a headdress?

5. Where did Nila describe going on a hunting trip with her father that left her with nightmares of dead deer?

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