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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. What does Baba Ayub's village's name translate to in English?
(a) "Land of Red."
(b) "Paradise."
(c) "Field of Green."
(d) "Place of God."

2. Where does Nila take the children while her husband shows Saboor where he will be working in Chapter 2?
(a) To the cemetery.
(b) To a candy store.
(c) To the bazaar.
(d) To the mosque.

3. What is the name of the narrator's daughter in Chapter 1?
(a) Pari.
(b) Sultana.
(c) Masooma.
(d) Parwana.

4. How long was the mourning period after Baba Ayub lost his child to the div?
(a) 10 days.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 40 days.
(d) 20 days.

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. What was the name of the first baby of Abdullah's stepmother who died from a cold?

2. What would the div do if a family refused to give it one child, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

3. How old was Abdullah when his mother died?

4. What is the name of Pari's dog?

5. Abdullah asks his father in Chapter 2 why who did not drive them to Kabul?

(see the answer key)

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