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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: "February 1974".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was notable about Qais' eyes, according to the storyteller in Chapter 1?
(a) They were bright green.
(b) They were black.
(c) They were dark blue.
(d) They were dark brown.

2. What does the name "Nila" mean in English?
(a) Rose.
(b) Fairy.
(c) Cloud.
(d) Fawn.

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

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

5. What type of trees did Baba Ayub grow and harvest?
(a) Pistachio trees.
(b) Apple trees.
(c) Palm trees.
(d) Almond trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Abdullah's father hit him in the beginning of Chapter 2?

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

3. When was Nader Shah assassinated?

4. What was found in Masooma's clenched fist after she fell from the tree?

5. What is the darkness around Parwana compared to in the end of Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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