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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. For how long does the author of the letter in Chapter 4 say he has known Mr. Markos?
(a) Two years.
(b) Nine years.
(c) Seven years.
(d) Five years.

2. What does the letter-writer claim Mr. Wahdati's life was lacking in Chapter 4?
(a) Land and family.
(b) Money and fame.
(c) Purpose and direction.
(d) Love and caring.

3. Whose bicycle does Masooma recall wrecking in Chapter 3?
(a) Saboor's bicycle.
(b) Mulla Shekib's bicycle.
(c) Gholam's bicycle.
(d) Nabi's bicycle.

4. What was the name of the first baby of Abdullah's stepmother who died from a cold?
(a) Gholam.
(b) Omar.
(c) Iqbar.
(d) Nabi.

5. What feather collected by Pari is her favorite?
(a) A dove feather.
(b) A titmouse feather.
(c) A chicken feather.
(d) A peacock feather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Nila's mother's tongue?

2. How old was Omar when he died?

3. Whose poem was attached to the rock that was thrown at Masooma by the boys in "She Was Forever Screaming"?

4. What sets Chapter 4 apart from the other chapters in And the Mountains Echoed?

5. Why does Abdullah's father hit him in the beginning of Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Nila take the children during their visit in Chapter 2? What do they do there?

2. Describe the character of Baba Ayub. Where and when does Baba Ayub live?

3. What led to Omar's death? How did this impact Saboor's family?

4. What is the objective of Baba Ayub's journey? Does he achieve his objective?

5. How is the marriage of the Wahdatis described by Nabi in Chapter 4?

6. Define literary frame story and discuss how this device applies in Chapter 1.

7. Why did Nabi go about trying to secure a child for Nila? How did he do so?

8. Why does Masooma claim to want to go to Kabul? How does she convince her sister to take her?

9. How does Abdllah compare Parwana's love for Iqbar to her love for him?

10. Why does Saboor abuse and throw rocks at Abdullah in Chapter 2?

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