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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. To what is Saboor's nose compared in Chapter 2?
(a) A hawk's beak.
(b) A chicken beak.
(c) A button.
(d) A dog's nose.

2. What would the div do if a family refused to give it one child, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) It would kill and eat the family's parents.
(b) It would take all the family's children.
(c) It would kill the entire village.
(d) It would leave and go home.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what day of the week does Parwana visit the graves of her parents?

3. How is Masooma's behavior as an infant described in Chapter 3?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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