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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the first baby of Abdullah's stepmother who died from a cold?
(a) Gholam.
(b) Omar.
(c) Nabi.
(d) Iqbar.

2. What does "nang and namoos" translate to in English?
(a) Hatred and fear.
(b) Honor and pride.
(c) Love and sex.
(d) Fear and loathing.

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

4. What is the name of the village elder of Abdullah's village?
(a) Mullah Shekib.
(b) Suleiman Wahdati.
(c) Markos Varvaris.
(d) Nabi.

5. What does Baba Ayub's village's name translate to in English?
(a) "Land of Red."
(b) "Place of God."
(c) "Field of Green."
(d) "Paradise."

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

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

4. How old does the letter-writer in Chapter 4 presume himself to be?

5. How did Abdullah's mother die?

(see the answer key)

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