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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 narrator describe children throwing rocks at Pari's dog in Chapter 2?
(a) Lashkargh.
(b) Kandahar.
(c) Shadbagh.
(d) Herat.

2. What was found in Masooma's clenched fist after she fell from the tree?
(a) A four-leafed clover.
(b) An engagement ring.
(c) A flower.
(d) Ten little leaves.

3. What did Baba Ayub announce as his intentions when the div opened the gate to his fort in Chapter 1?
(a) He intended to burn down the fort.
(b) He intended to kill the div.
(c) He intended to retrieve his son.
(d) He intended to take his wife away.

4. What did Parwana steal for Saboor when she was a child?
(a) A ring.
(b) A feather.
(c) A pocketwatch.
(d) A notebook.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For how long had a drought plagued the people of Baba Ayub's village, according to the storyteller in Chapter 1?

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

4. What feather collected by Pari is her favorite?

5. What does Masooma convince Parwana to do in the desert in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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