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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: "Fall 1952".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pari keep the feathers she has collected?
(a) In a cookie jar.
(b) In a diary.
(c) In a burlap sack.
(d) In a tin tea box.

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

3. What is the name of the village elder of Abdullah's village?
(a) Nabi.
(b) Markos Varvaris.
(c) Suleiman Wahdati.
(d) Mullah Shekib.

4. What was notable about Qais' eyes, according to the storyteller in Chapter 1?
(a) They were dark blue.
(b) They were dark brown.
(c) They were bright green.
(d) They were black.

5. What is the name of Pari's dog?
(a) Herat.
(b) Shuja.
(c) Masooma.
(d) Omar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator describe children throwing rocks at Pari's dog in Chapter 2?

2. What do "divs" and "jinns" refer to in the context of the novel?

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

4. What kind of feather does Pari point out on the boulder in Chapter 2?

5. What feather collected by Pari is her favorite?

(see the answer key)

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