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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Thalia's mother?
(a) Sultana.
(b) Odelia.
(c) Madaline.
(d) Nila.

2. What did Markos and Thalia use to make a camera as children?
(a) A shoebox.
(b) A plastic tube.
(c) A paper plate.
(d) A roll of paper towels.

3. Where is Adel's father going to oversee his fields of cotton in Chapter 7?
(a) Mazar-i-Sharif.
(b) Lashkargah.
(c) Helmand.
(d) Istalif.

4. To whom was Thalia's mother married when Markos met Thalia for the first time?
(a) Suleiman Wahdati.
(b) Mullah Shekib.
(c) Andreas Gianakos.
(d) Etienne Boustouler.

5. Who calls Pari about her mother as she is leaving with Julien?
(a) Dr. Boustouler.
(b) Dr. Shekib.
(c) Dr. Wahdati.
(d) Dr. Delaunay.

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

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

8. For how long have Adel and his family lived in the village away from Kabul in Chapter 7?
(a) Five years.
(b) NIne years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six years.

9. What is the Presidential Palace in Kabul called?
(a) Mazar-i-Sharif.
(b) Arg.
(c) Istalif.
(d) Herat.

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

11. What is Markos Varvaris's profession?
(a) He is a schoolteacher.
(b) He is a jailer.
(c) He is a bounty hunter.
(d) He is a plastic surgeon.

12. What is the name of Pari's best friend since second grade?
(a) Masooma.
(b) Parwana.
(c) Sultana.
(d) Collette.

13. What is the name of Markos's mother?
(a) Sultana.
(b) Nila.
(c) Odelia.
(d) Madaline.

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

15. Where does Gholam say he grew up in a camp in Chapter 7?
(a) In Pakistan.
(b) In India.
(c) In Iran.
(d) In America.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Adel's mother when she married Adel's father?

2. What does Thalia tell Markos to do in her message in the beginning of Chapter 8?

3. What is served for dinner at the party at Nabi's house in Chapter 5?

4. Where did Markos meet Gianna?

5. 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?

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