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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. Where does the storyteller describe more fortunate villages in relation to the one in which Baba Ayub lived in Chapter 1?
(a) To the south.
(b) To the north.
(c) To the east.
(d) To the west.

2. Whose poem was attached to the rock that was thrown at Masooma by the boys in "She Was Forever Screaming"?
(a) Nila's poem.
(b) Gholam's poem.
(c) Masooma's poem.
(d) Rumi's poem.

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

4. How old was Abdullah when his mother died?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Nine.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What feather collected by Pari is her favorite?

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

5. How is Parwana's demeanor as an infant described in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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