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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 type of music does Raza try to play for his father in Chapter 20?
(a) Metallophones.
(b) Harmonium.
(c) Sitar.
(d) Sarangi.

2. At the end of Chapter 12, when did Hiroko and Sajjad plan to return to Delhi?
(a) December.
(b) September.
(c) November.
(d) October.

3. In "Veiled Birds," Chapter 1, what type of vehicle is in the driveway of the Burton property?
(a) Packard.
(b) Bentley.
(c) Fiat.
(d) Alfa Romeo.

4. In "The Yet Unknowing World," Chapter 1, how long has Konrad been in Nagasaki?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 11 years.
(d) 7 years.

5. What is the only language Raza speaks that Hiroko did not teach him?
(a) English.
(b) Urdu.
(c) German.
(d) Pashto.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hiroko teach before she was dismissed from the school where she taught?

2. How many charcoal-colored bird-shaped burns are on Hiroko's back?

3. What image is on the truck that Abdullah's father drives?

4. In "Veiled Birds," Chapter 3, how long had Hiroko been in Delhi and staying with the Burtons?

5. How long has Hiroko known Konrad in "The Yet Unknowing World," Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Elizabeth describe Mussoorie?

2. What does Elizabeth see when she hears shouting and looks out on the verandah?

3. Where does Konrad keep his journals and why?

4. Where does Sajjad live, and how long has his family lived there?

5. What happens when Hiroko goes to the bookstore to buy War and Peace in Chapter 14?

6. Why is Sajjad upset at the end of Chapter 12?

7. What negotiations does Hiroko remember that she and Sajjad made during their first years of marriage?

8. What happens to Hiroko after the world goes white?

9. How did Sajjad get his job with James Burton?

10. What is Kim Burton like in Chapter 17, and why is she in Islamabad?

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