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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color are the div's eyes described as in Chapter 1?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

2. How long was the mourning period after Baba Ayub lost his child to the div?
(a) 20 days.
(b) 10 days.
(c) 40 days.
(d) 1 year.

3. Who is the son that the narrator is telling a story to in Chapter 1?
(a) Iqbar.
(b) Abdullah.
(c) Omar.
(d) Gholam.

4. What yearly ritual does the author of the letter in Chapter 4 recall sharing with Mr. Markos?
(a) Hunting deer.
(b) Reading poetry.
(c) Planting tomatoes.
(d) Riding bicycles.

5. To what is Saboor's nose compared in Chapter 2?
(a) A button.
(b) A hawk's beak.
(c) A chicken beak.
(d) A dog's nose.

6. What is the name of the gentleman that Saboor takes a job from in Kabul in Chapter 2?
(a) Mullah Shekib.
(b) Abdullah.
(c) Suleiman Wahdati.
(d) Nabi.

7. What was found in Masooma's clenched fist after she fell from the tree?
(a) Ten little leaves.
(b) A flower.
(c) A four-leafed clover.
(d) An engagement ring.

8. What solution did Baba Ayub think of for handling his son's sleepwalking?
(a) Locking the windows at night.
(b) Locking the doors at night.
(c) Hanging a bell around his neck.
(d) Tying Qais to the bed.

9. What does Baba Ayub's village's name translate to in English?
(a) "Field of Green."
(b) "Land of Red."
(c) "Paradise."
(d) "Place of God."

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

11. What was Nila's mother's tongue?
(a) French.
(b) Spanish.
(c) English.
(d) Italian.

12. Where did Nila describe going on a hunting trip with her father that left her with nightmares of dead deer?
(a) Kandahar.
(b) Lashkargah.
(c) Jalalabad.
(d) Kabul.

13. What happened to the object that Parwana shoplifted for Saboor when they were kids?
(a) Masooma gave it to Saboor.
(b) She returned it to the bazaar.
(c) It was discovered by her father.
(d) It was thrown in the river.

14. How old was Qais in the story in Chapter 1?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Nine.
(d) Six.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Abdullah's mother die?

2. What would the div do if a family refused to give it one child, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

3. When does the author of the letter in Chapter 4 say he met Nila?

4. What kind of music did Nila prefer to play at her parties?

5. What does "aziz" translate to in English?

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