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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Abdullah's stepmother teach the children to make dolls from?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Sticks.
(c) Flour sacks.
(d) Corn husks.

3. Where does the narrator describe children throwing rocks at Pari's dog in Chapter 2?
(a) Lashkargh.
(b) Herat.
(c) Shadbagh.
(d) Kandahar.

4. What does the letter-writer claim Mr. Wahdati's life was lacking in Chapter 4?
(a) Love and caring.
(b) Land and family.
(c) Money and fame.
(d) Purpose and direction.

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

6. 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.

7. What jobs does Uncle Nabi do for a living?
(a) He is a butcher and a clerk.
(b) He is a maitre d' and bartender.
(c) He is a cook and a chauffeur.
(d) He is a taxi driver and cashier.

8. What would the div do if a family refused to give it one child, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) It would kill the entire village.
(b) It would take all the family's children.
(c) It would kill and eat the family's parents.
(d) It would leave and go home.

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

10. In what language did Nila tell Nabi that sometimes she believed he was her only friend in Chapter 4?
(a) English.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Italian.
(d) French.

11. How is Masooma's behavior as an infant described in Chapter 3?
(a) She was hostile and angry.
(b) She was forever screaming.
(c) She was a tyrant.
(d) She was a sensible baby.

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

13. What is the name of the village elder of Abdullah's village?
(a) Markos Varvaris.
(b) Suleiman Wahdati.
(c) Mullah Shekib.
(d) Nabi.

14. When does the author of the letter in Chapter 4 say he met Nila?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1949.

15. What is the name of the narrator's daughter in Chapter 1?
(a) Pari.
(b) Sultana.
(c) Parwana.
(d) Masooma.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would Qais charm anyone he met, according to the storyteller in Chapter 1?

2. What solution did Baba Ayub think of for handling his son's sleepwalking?

3. Where does Nila take the children while her husband shows Saboor where he will be working in Chapter 2?

4. What does Masooma convince Parwana to do in the desert in Chapter 3?

5. How old was Masooma when the accident happened which paralyzed her?

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