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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. The excerpt that opens Chapter 6 comes from what periodical?
(a) "People."
(b) "Elle."
(c) "Parallaxe."
(d) "La Pointe."

2. Why does Abdullah's father hit him in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) To punish him for bragging.
(b) To make him go home.
(c) To punish him for talking back to his stepmother.
(d) To punish him for stealing.

3. Who was the gardener for Mr. Wahdati that came three times a week?
(a) Zahid.
(b) Gholam.
(c) Shekib.
(d) Omar.

4. When did Timur and Idris's family settle in the United States?
(a) The early 1980s.
(b) The early 1990s.
(c) The late 1990s.
(d) The early 1970s.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Markos Varvaris from?

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

3. Where did Nila describe going on a hunting trip with her father that left her with nightmares of dead deer?

4. What yearly ritual does the author of the letter in Chapter 4 recall sharing with Mr. Markos?

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

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