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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Abdullah when his mother died?
(a) Seven.
(b) Four.
(c) Nine.
(d) Three.

2. How old was Saboor when he died, according to the narrator in Chapter 4?
(a) About 60.
(b) Under 30.
(c) Under 20.
(d) Under 40.

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

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

5. What word from Chapter 2 refers to Afghan nomads primarily from the Ghilji tribal confederacy?
(a) Qaratas.
(b) Kuchis.
(c) Sultanas.
(d) Iridis.

Short Answer Questions

1. The letter-writer in Chapter 4 compares a story to what?

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

3. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a type of clay oven used for cooking in Southern, Central, and Western Asia?

4. How many children did Baba Ayub have?

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

(see the answer key)

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