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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. Why does Abdullah's father hit him in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) To punish him for talking back to his stepmother.
(b) To punish him for stealing.
(c) To make him go home.
(d) To punish him for bragging.

2. How many children did Baba Ayub have?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

3. What is the darkness around Parwana compared to in the end of Chapter 3?
(a) The bottom of a well.
(b) Perogatory.
(c) A mother's womb.
(d) A black tunnel.

4. Where did Baba Ayub live, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Herat.
(b) Maidan Sabz.
(c) Kandahar.
(d) Jalalabad.

5. Where does Nila take the children while her husband shows Saboor where he will be working in Chapter 2?
(a) To the mosque.
(b) To the bazaar.
(c) To the cemetery.
(d) To a candy store.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Abdullah's mother die?

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

4. What did Baba Ayub write the names of his children on to decide which one to give to the div in Chapter 1?

5. What would the div do if a family refused to give it one child, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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