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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Madaline describe watching swans on the water in Ankara?
(a) Herat Park.
(b) Kugulu Park.
(c) Shekib Park.
(d) Kandahar Park.

2. What caused the scar on Thalia's face?
(a) A bear attack.
(b) A dog bite.
(c) A car accident.
(d) A welding accident.

3. What does the name "Nila" mean in English?
(a) Fairy.
(b) Fawn.
(c) Rose.
(d) Cloud.

4. What did Nila claim the scar was from on her abdomen to Pari?
(a) From cesarian section.
(b) From spleen removal.
(c) From gallbladder removal.
(d) From a liver transplant.

5. The excerpt that opens Chapter 6 comes from what periodical?
(a) "People."
(b) "Parallaxe."
(c) "La Pointe."
(d) "Elle."

6. What disease did Markos overcome when he was in the clinic with Manaar?
(a) Malaria.
(b) The mumps.
(c) Hepatitis.
(d) Typhoid fever.

7. Where is Markos Varvaris from?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) America.
(d) Greece.

8. What is Gholam's father's name?
(a) Shekib.
(b) Iqbal.
(c) Omar.
(d) Lashkargah

9. When did Mr. Wahdati pass away?
(a) 1974.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1995.

10. How old are the girls that begin studying at the new girls' school in the opening of Chapter 7?
(a) 5-17.
(b) 6-18.
(c) 8-15.
(d) 5-15.

11. How old was Markos when he met Thalia for the first time?
(a) 26.
(b) 26.
(c) 12.
(d) 19.

12. Where is Idris studying internal medicine?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) U. C. Davis.
(d) Princeton.

13. When did Markos meet Thalia?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1959.

14. When did Nila's parents divorce?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1939.

15. In what year did Nila die?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1955.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Nila say Pari was studying in college in the interview from Chapter 6?

2. Who told Nila about the affair between Pari and Julien?

3. What word in the novel refers to a Bedouin Arab's kerchief worn as a headdress?

4. What is the name of Gholam's paternal grandmother?

5. What is the name of Thalia's mother?

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