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

2. What does Masooma convince Parwana to do in the desert in Chapter 3?
(a) To leave her there and return home.
(b) To go for help in Kabul.
(c) To kill her with a dagger.
(d) To marry Iqbar.

3. Where does Pari keep the feathers she has collected?
(a) In a tin tea box.
(b) In a burlap sack.
(c) In a cookie jar.
(d) In a diary.

4. What request does Masooma make when Parwana is filling her hookah in the desert in Chapter 3?
(a) To add more opium.
(b) To use less opium.
(c) To use only tobacco.
(d) To use only hashish.

5. How would Qais charm anyone he met, according to the storyteller in Chapter 1?
(a) With his devilish laughter.
(b) With is witty jokes.
(c) With his playful pranks.
(d) With his musical skills.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the storyteller describe more fortunate villages in relation to the one in which Baba Ayub lived in Chapter 1?

2. What jobs does Uncle Nabi do for a living?

3. How did Abdullah's mother die?

4. Who is the son that the narrator is telling a story to in Chapter 1?

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

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