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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old does the letter-writer in Chapter 4 presume himself to be?
2. Where did Baba Ayub live, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
3. How old is Iqbal said to be in Chapter 2?
4. What sets Chapter 4 apart from the other chapters in And the Mountains Echoed?
5. How old was Abdullah when his mother died?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss the nonlinear structure of Chapter 3. Why does the author relate the story in this way?
2. What is the second test that the div poses to Baba Ayub? How does Baba Ayub do with this test?
3. Why does Baba Ayub hand over Qais? How does he feel about this action?
4. Where does Nila take the children during their visit in Chapter 2? What do they do there?
5. How is the marriage of the Wahdatis described by Nabi in Chapter 4?
6. How did Parwana and Masooma differ as babies?
7. How does Nabi describe his first two years of working for Suleiman Wahdati in Chapter 4?
8. Why does Nabi visit Parwana and Masooma in Chapter 3? What information does he relate?
9. How has life in Saboor's home changed after Pari has been gone in the end of Chapter 2?
10. Why did Nabi go about trying to secure a child for Nila? How did he do so?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the themes of gender roles and economic and social differences in the novel. How are the expectations of women different than men? What characters stand apart from the norm? How?
Essay Topic 2
Who are the central protagonists and antagonists in And the Mountains Echoed? What aspects of these characters cast them into these roles? Is there a central protagonist?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the narrative style(s) in And the Mountains Echoed. What different perspectives are presented? What points of view are used? Why does the author employ these different narrative styles?
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