4. What did Nila say Pari was studying in college in the interview from Chapter 6?
(a) History.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Biology.
(d) Poetry.

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

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

7. Who are Adel's father's two bodyguards?
(a) Shekib and Omar.
(b) Gholam and Iqbar.
(c) Nabi and Nila.
(d) Kabir and Azmaray.

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

9. Where did Markos take his first photograph of Thalia?
(a) On the beach.
(b) At a photo studio.
(c) In his backyard.
(d) In a church.

10. What kind of company does Timur run in the United States?
(a) A cotton factory.
(b) A real-estate mortgage company.
(c) An international trading company.
(d) A stock investment comparny.

11. In regards to her love of mathematics, Pari told Julien that she enjoyed the lack of arbitrariness and the absence of what in Chapter 6?
(a) Intensity.
(b) Fault.
(c) Structure.
(d) Ambiguity.

12. What town, known for its clay pottery, does Timur ride to the Germans with in Chapter 5?
(a) Istalif.
(b) Herat.
(c) Mazar-i-Sharif.
(d) Jalalabad.

13. By whom was Adel's father shot twice in battle?
(a) By the Russians.
(b) By the Spanish.
(c) By the Americans.
(d) By the French.

14. Who does Markos describe running the knickknack store in Tinos when he was young in Chapter 8?
(a) Mr. Roussos.
(b) Gholam.
(c) Nahil.
(d) Mullah Shekib.

15. Where do Adel's half brothers live with their mother?
(a) Kabul.
(b) Jalalabad.
(c) Istalif.
(d) Kandahar.