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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 was James's grandmother from?
(a) Ireland.
(b) France.
(c) Wales.
(d) Scotland.

2. What final illness killed Sajjad's mother?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Tuberculosis.

3. In "Veiled Birds," Chapter 3, how long had Hiroko been in Delhi and staying with the Burtons?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 8 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

4. When did Hiroko have a miscarriage?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1953.

5. In "The Yet Unknowing World," Chapter 1, how long has it been since Hiroshima was bombed?
(a) 1 day.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 4 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, in what color bags are the fish bagged that Sajjad buys?

2. Where do the Burton's move for the summer in "Veiled Birds," Chapter 6?

3. How old was Hiroko when she became pregnant with Raza?

4. What have Sajjad and Lala Buksh starting do together in the mornings in Chapter 7?

5. How old was Kim when Ilse Burton told her about Konrad?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is James's occupation and why is he not working in Chapter 4?

2. What does Sajjad remember about their attempts to have children?

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

4. Why is Harry Burton in Pakistan?

5. What shop does Hiroko miss in Chapter 14, and why?

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

7. In Chapter 1, who sent Konrad to Nagasaki and why?

8. What does Hiroko see when she looks out her window after the world goes white?

9. What does Hiroko know about James Burton when she arrives in Delhi, and what does a painting of him reveal to her?

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

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