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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do "divs" and "jinns" refer to in the context of the novel?
(a) Fish and birds.
(b) Whales and sea urchins.
(c) Monsters and spirits.
(d) Goats and sheep.

2. On what day of the week does Parwana visit the graves of her parents?
(a) Thursay.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Friday.

3. What kind of music did Nila prefer to play at her parties?
(a) Jazz music.
(b) Classical music.
(c) Pop-rock music.
(d) Afghan music.

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

5. For how long does the author of the letter in Chapter 4 say he has known Mr. Markos?
(a) Five years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Nine years.
(d) Seven years.

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

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

8. Where does Pari keep the feathers she has collected?
(a) In a tin tea box.
(b) In a burlap sack.
(c) In a diary.
(d) In a cookie jar.

9. What is the name of Pari's dog?
(a) Masooma.
(b) Omar.
(c) Shuja.
(d) Herat.

10. Whose poem was attached to the rock that was thrown at Masooma by the boys in "She Was Forever Screaming"?
(a) Nila's poem.
(b) Gholam's poem.
(c) Rumi's poem.
(d) Masooma's poem.

11. What word from Chapter 2 refers to Afghan nomads primarily from the Ghilji tribal confederacy?
(a) Kuchis.
(b) Sultanas.
(c) Qaratas.
(d) Iridis.

12. What request does Masooma make when Parwana is filling her hookah in the desert in Chapter 3?
(a) To use only hashish.
(b) To use less opium.
(c) To use only tobacco.
(d) To add more opium.

13. Who is the author of the letter that comprises Chapter 4?
(a) Nabi.
(b) Mullah Shekib.
(c) Gholam.
(d) Omar.

14. Where does Nila take the children while her husband shows Saboor where he will be working in Chapter 2?
(a) To a candy store.
(b) To the mosque.
(c) To the cemetery.
(d) To the bazaar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of feather does Pari point out on the boulder in Chapter 2?

2. What jobs does Uncle Nabi do for a living?

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

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

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

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