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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. When did the author of the letter in Chapter 4 move to Kabul from Shadbagh?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1952.
2. Who was the gardener for Mr. Wahdati that came three times a week?
(a) Omar.
(b) Shekib.
(c) Zahid.
(d) Gholam.
3. 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.
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 leave and go home.
(b) It would kill the entire village.
(c) It would take all the family's children.
(d) It would kill and eat the family's parents.
5. What do "divs" and "jinns" refer to in the context of the novel?
(a) Goats and sheep.
(b) Whales and sea urchins.
(c) Monsters and spirits.
(d) Fish and birds.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does the narrator describe children throwing rocks at Pari's dog in Chapter 2?
2. What is the name of the gentleman that Saboor takes a job from in Kabul in Chapter 2?
3. What yearly ritual does the author of the letter in Chapter 4 recall sharing with Mr. Markos?
4. What did Abdullah's stepmother teach the children to make dolls from?
5. Whose poem was attached to the rock that was thrown at Masooma by the boys in "She Was Forever Screaming"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Baba Ayub hand over Qais? How does he feel about this action?
2. Why does Saboor abuse and throw rocks at Abdullah in Chapter 2?
3. How is the marriage of the Wahdatis described by Nabi in Chapter 4?
4. How did Parwana and Masooma differ as babies?
5. What are Abdullah and Pari's impressions of the Wahdati home? How is the home described?
6. What is the frame device that is used in Chapter 4? Why do you think the author uses this frame?
7. How does Nabi describe his first two years of working for Suleiman Wahdati in Chapter 4?
8. What is the symbolic significance of the feathers in the novel?
9. Where does Nila take the children during their visit in Chapter 2? What do they do there?
10. How is the past visit by Nila to Shadbagh described in Chapter 2?
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