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

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

3. What kind of feather does Pari point out on the boulder in Chapter 2?
(a) A vulture feather.
(b) An eagle feather.
(c) A falcon feather.
(d) A dove feather.

4. Whose bicycle does Masooma recall wrecking in Chapter 3?
(a) Saboor's bicycle.
(b) Gholam's bicycle.
(c) Nabi's bicycle.
(d) Mulla Shekib's bicycle.

5. What must Parwana clean from the bed in the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Urine.
(b) Wine.
(c) Blood.
(d) Feces.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Baba Ayub live, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

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

3. What did Parwana steal for Saboor when she was a child?

4. How old was Abdullah when his mother died?

5. How old was Qais in the story in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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