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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where was Saboor when he died?
(a) Jalalabad.
(b) Kabul.
(c) Herat.
(d) Baghlan.
2. When does the author of the letter in Chapter 4 say he met Nila?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1960.
3. Where does the narrator describe children throwing rocks at Pari's dog in Chapter 2?
(a) Lashkargh.
(b) Herat.
(c) Shadbagh.
(d) Kandahar.
4. What would the div do if a family refused to give it one child, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) It would kill and eat the family's parents.
(b) It would leave and go home.
(c) It would kill the entire village.
(d) It would take all the family's children.
5. What jobs does Uncle Nabi do for a living?
(a) He is a taxi driver and cashier.
(b) He is a cook and a chauffeur.
(c) He is a butcher and a clerk.
(d) He is a maitre d' and bartender.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Nila take the children while her husband shows Saboor where he will be working in Chapter 2?
2. When did the author of the letter in Chapter 4 move to Kabul from Shadbagh?
3. What does Baba Ayub's village's name translate to in English?
4. How long was the mourning period after Baba Ayub lost his child to the div?
5. For how long had a drought plagued the people of Baba Ayub's village, according to the storyteller in Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Parwana behave after her trip to Shadbagh in Chapter 4? Why?
2. Discuss the nonlinear structure of Chapter 3. Why does the author relate the story in this way?
3. How does Nabi describe his first meeting with Nila in Chapter 4?
4. How does Abdllah compare Parwana's love for Iqbar to her love for him?
5. Why does Nabi visit Parwana and Masooma in Chapter 3? What information does he relate?
6. What is the second test that the div poses to Baba Ayub? How does Baba Ayub do with this test?
7. How was Parwana involved in the accident that led to Masooma's disability?
8. Why does Masooma claim to want to go to Kabul? How does she convince her sister to take her?
9. Why did Nabi go about trying to secure a child for Nila? How did he do so?
10. Why does Baba Ayub hand over Qais? How does he feel about this action?
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