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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. What jobs does Uncle Nabi do for a living?
(a) He is a butcher and a clerk.
(b) He is a taxi driver and cashier.
(c) He is a maitre d' and bartender.
(d) He is a cook and a chauffeur.

2. Why does the narrator tell his children they will need their sleep tonight in Chapter 1?
(a) His daughter is getting sold the next day.
(b) He and his daughter are traveling the next day.
(c) His son is going to be sold the next day.
(d) Saboor is getting married the next day.

3. Who is the son that the narrator is telling a story to in Chapter 1?
(a) Omar.
(b) Gholam.
(c) Iqbar.
(d) Abdullah.

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

5. How old is Iqbal said to be in Chapter 2?
(a) Nine.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must Parwana clean from the bed in the beginning of Chapter 3?

2. Whose poem was attached to the rock that was thrown at Masooma by the boys in "She Was Forever Screaming"?

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

4. What did Abdullah's stepmother teach the children to make dolls from?

5. What is the name of the village elder of Abdullah's village?

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