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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. What kind of music did Nila prefer to play at her parties?
(a) Pop-rock music.
(b) Jazz music.
(c) Afghan music.
(d) Classical music.

2. 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 kill the entire village.
(c) It would leave and go home.
(d) It would take all the family's children.

3. How long was the mourning period after Baba Ayub lost his child to the div?
(a) 10 days.
(b) 40 days.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 20 days.

4. Where does Pari keep the feathers she has collected?
(a) In a burlap sack.
(b) In a cookie jar.
(c) In a tin tea box.
(d) In a diary.

5. What must Parwana clean from the bed in the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Wine.
(b) Urine.
(c) Feces.
(d) Blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the object that Parwana shoplifted for Saboor when they were kids?

2. Where did Baba Ayub live, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

3. What does the letter-writer claim Mr. Wahdati's life was lacking in Chapter 4?

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

5. How old was Abdullah when his mother died?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Parwana behave after her trip to Shadbagh in Chapter 4? Why?

2. Why does Nabi visit Parwana and Masooma in Chapter 3? What information does he relate?

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

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

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

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

7. Discuss the nonlinear structure of Chapter 3. Why does the author relate the story in this way?

8. How has life in Saboor's home changed after Pari has been gone in the end of Chapter 2?

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

10. Describe the opening scene in Chapter 3. How does this scene set the tone of the chapter?

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