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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 Pari attend college?
(a) The Sorbonne.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Oxford.

2. To whom was Thalia's mother married when Markos met Thalia for the first time?
(a) Andreas Gianakos.
(b) Etienne Boustouler.
(c) Suleiman Wahdati.
(d) Mullah Shekib.

3. Where does Gholam say he grew up in a camp in Chapter 7?
(a) In Pakistan.
(b) In India.
(c) In America.
(d) In Iran.

4. Where is Markos Varvaris from?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Greece.
(d) America.

5. Where did Madaline describe watching swans on the water in Ankara?
(a) Herat Park.
(b) Kandahar Park.
(c) Shekib Park.
(d) Kugulu Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the name "Pari" translate to from Farsi to EnglisH?

2. What is the name of Thalia's mother?

3. What hospital are Idris and Timur visiting in Chapter 5?

4. When did Mr. Wahdati pass away?

5. Where does Gholam's uncle Abdullah live?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Gholam and Adel first meet? What does Adel end up handing over to Gholam?

2. How did Markos come to take his first photograph?

3. How are Timur and Idris similar? How are they different?

4. How is the character of Aria described?

5. What promise does Idris make to Roshi? Does he fulfill his promise? Why or why not?

6. Where did Gholam grow up? Why did he and his father return?

7. Who is Amra Ademovic and what is her relationship to Roshi?

8. How is Markos's first meeting with Thalia described in Chapter 8?

9. What happens regarding the land settlement in Chapter 7?

10. What litarary frame device is employed in Chapter 6? Why?

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