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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sets Chapter 4 apart from the other chapters in And the Mountains Echoed?
(a) It is related through a newspaper article.
(b) It has no title.
(c) It has a title.
(d) It is set in the future.

2. What did Parwana steal for Saboor when she was a child?
(a) A feather.
(b) A notebook.
(c) A ring.
(d) A pocketwatch.

3. Abdullah asks his father in Chapter 2 why who did not drive them to Kabul?
(a) Suleiman.
(b) Markos.
(c) Uncle Nabi.
(d) Iqbar.

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

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

6. Where was Saboor when he died?
(a) Herat.
(b) Baghlan.
(c) Kabul.
(d) Jalalabad.

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

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

9. What kind of feather does Pari point out on the boulder in Chapter 2?
(a) A falcon feather.
(b) An eagle feather.
(c) A vulture feather.
(d) A dove feather.

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

11. What does Baba Ayub throw at the wall after the div has presented him with a choice in Chapter 1?
(a) A rock.
(b) A dagger.
(c) A bouquet of flowers.
(d) An hourglass.

12. What was the name of the first baby of Abdullah's stepmother who died from a cold?
(a) Iqbar.
(b) Omar.
(c) Gholam.
(d) Nabi.

13. How would Qais charm anyone he met, according to the storyteller in Chapter 1?
(a) With is witty jokes.
(b) With his devilish laughter.
(c) With his playful pranks.
(d) With his musical skills.

14. In what year did Nila ask Nabi to take her to Shadbagh?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1969.

15. What does "nang and namoos" translate to in English?
(a) Fear and loathing.
(b) Honor and pride.
(c) Hatred and fear.
(d) Love and sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was the mourning period after Baba Ayub lost his child to the div?

2. What was Nila's mother's tongue?

3. What is the name of the gentleman that Saboor takes a job from in Kabul in Chapter 2?

4. What is the name of the narrator's daughter in Chapter 1?

5. Who was the gardener for Mr. Wahdati that came three times a week?

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