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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 did Nila describe going on a hunting trip with her father that left her with nightmares of dead deer?
(a) Kandahar.
(b) Kabul.
(c) Lashkargah.
(d) Jalalabad.

2. How old does the letter-writer in Chapter 4 presume himself to be?
(a) In his mid-80s.
(b) In his late 70s.
(c) In his mid-90s.
(d) In his late 50s.

3. The letter-writer in Chapter 4 compares a story to what?
(a) A play.
(b) A painting.
(c) A house.
(d) A moving train.

4. What was found in Masooma's clenched fist after she fell from the tree?
(a) Ten little leaves.
(b) An engagement ring.
(c) A flower.
(d) A four-leafed clover.

5. What does Masooma convince Parwana to do in the desert in Chapter 3?
(a) To kill her with a dagger.
(b) To marry Iqbar.
(c) To leave her there and return home.
(d) To go for help in Kabul.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the storyteller describe more fortunate villages in relation to the one in which Baba Ayub lived in Chapter 1?

2. How old was Masooma when the accident happened which paralyzed her?

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

4. Whose bicycle does Masooma recall wrecking in Chapter 3?

5. What request does Masooma make when Parwana is filling her hookah in the desert in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the frame device that is used in Chapter 4? Why do you think the author uses this frame?

2. Why does Baba Ayub hand over Qais? How does he feel about this action?

3. What does Masoooma convince Parwana to do in the desert? Why?

4. How did Parwana and Masooma differ as babies?

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

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

7. What is the second test that the div poses to Baba Ayub? How does Baba Ayub do with this test?

8. Discuss the narrative style in Chapter 1. From whose perspective is this chapter related and why?

9. What are Abdullah and Pari's impressions of the Wahdati home? How is the home described?

10. What is the symbolic significance of the feathers in the novel?

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