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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the narrator's daughter in Chapter 1?
(a) Parwana.
(b) Masooma.
(c) Sultana.
(d) Pari.

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

5. Whose bicycle does Masooma recall wrecking in Chapter 3?
(a) Gholam's bicycle.
(b) Nabi's bicycle.
(c) Saboor's bicycle.
(d) Mulla Shekib's bicycle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of trees did Baba Ayub grow and harvest?

2. What did Parwana steal for Saboor when she was a child?

3. What does "nang and namoos" translate to in English?

4. What word from Chapter 2 refers to Afghan nomads primarily from the Ghilji tribal confederacy?

5. In what language did Nila tell Nabi that sometimes she believed he was her only friend in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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