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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What jobs does Uncle Nabi do for a living?
(a) He is a taxi driver and cashier.
(b) He is a butcher and a clerk.
(c) He is a maitre d' and bartender.
(d) He is a cook and a chauffeur.

2. What must Parwana clean from the bed in the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Feces.
(b) Wine.
(c) Blood.
(d) Urine.

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

4. What does "aziz" translate to in English?
(a) Rose.
(b) Beloved.
(c) Fawn.
(d) Dove.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Nila take the children while her husband shows Saboor where he will be working in Chapter 2?

3. What is the name of the gentleman that Saboor takes a job from in Kabul in Chapter 2?

4. What attraction does Masooma tell Parwana that she wants to go to see in Kabul in Chapter 3?

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

(see the answer key)

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