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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. Why does Abdullah's father hit him in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) To punish him for bragging.
(b) To make him go home.
(c) To punish him for talking back to his stepmother.
(d) To punish him for stealing.

2. On what day of the week does Parwana visit the graves of her parents?
(a) Thursay.
(b) Monday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Wednesday.

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

4. Who teaches all of the village chldren to read and write in Parwana's village?
(a) Gholam.
(b) Suleiman Wahdati.
(c) Mullah Shekib.
(d) Markos Varvaris.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the narrator's daughter in Chapter 1?

3. What feather collected by Pari is her favorite?

4. Whose bicycle does Masooma recall wrecking in Chapter 3?

5. How did Abdullah's mother die?

(see the answer key)

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