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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: "Winter 2010".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is contained in the package that the young Pari brings to Aunt Pari in Paris?
(a) A tea tin of feathers.
(b) A personal diary.
(c) A sketchbook.
(d) A photograph.

3. For how long had a drought plagued the people of Baba Ayub's village, according to the storyteller in Chapter 1?
(a) Two years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Eight years.

4. What did Markos and Thalia use to make a camera as children?
(a) A plastic tube.
(b) A paper plate.
(c) A shoebox.
(d) A roll of paper towels.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old are the girls that begin studying at the new girls' school in the opening of Chapter 7?

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

3. Where does the narrator describe children throwing rocks at Pari's dog in Chapter 2?

4. How old was Markos when he met Thalia for the first time?

5. When was Nader Shah assassinated?

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