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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children did Baba Ayub have?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

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

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

4. What type of trees did Baba Ayub grow and harvest?
(a) Palm trees.
(b) Apple trees.
(c) Almond trees.
(d) Pistachio trees.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What is the darkness around Parwana compared to in the end of Chapter 3?
(a) The bottom of a well.
(b) A mother's womb.
(c) Perogatory.
(d) A black tunnel.

12. What feather collected by Pari is her favorite?
(a) A chicken feather.
(b) A peacock feather.
(c) A dove feather.
(d) A titmouse feather.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Nader Shah assassinated?

2. Who teaches all of the village chldren to read and write in Parwana's village?

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

4. What did Baba Ayub write the names of his children on to decide which one to give to the div in Chapter 1?

5. When did the author of the letter in Chapter 4 move to Kabul from Shadbagh?

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