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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 is on the walls of the one-room structure that Harry and Raza share in Chapter 31?
(a) Grease.
(b) Bloodstains.
(c) Child's fingerprints.
(d) Powder burns.

2. In Chapter 36, how long did Raza have to wear a burkha?
(a) About 12 hours.
(b) Nearly 10 hours.
(c) 8 hours.
(d) 15 hours.

3. In Chapter 22, where does Raza think that he and Abdullah are going?
(a) Islamabad.
(b) Peshawar.
(c) Kabul.
(d) Jalabad.

4. When did Harry write a blistering article under a pseudonym about the CIA's decision to turn its back on Afghanistan after the Soviet withdrawal?
(a) Start of the 1990s.
(b) 1989.
(c) End of the 1980s.
(d) 1991.

5. On what floor of Harry's apartment building is Raza's apartment?
(a) 1st.
(b) 2nd.
(c) 3rd.
(d) 4th.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of dog did Hiroko have after Sajjad died?

2. In Chapter 26, after washing Sajjad's body, what does Hiroko plan to wrap around him?

3. In Chapter 36, how often does Raza remember that his mother crosses the border to Canda to get her visa re-stamped?

4. How long was Hiroko told that it took Sajjad to die?

5. In Chapter 29, what does Ilse remember was the name of Kim's ex-husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Steve tell Raza after Harry's death?

2. In Chapter 29, why is Kim worried when she cannot reach her father on the phone?

3. How old is Ilse and what does Ilse look like in Chapter 27?

4. What accounted for Raza's confidence and re-emergence of a love for learning in Chapter 22?

5. Why did Kim call the police about Abdullah, and how does Hiroko react?

6. What does Kim know her mother would say about her chosen profession?

7. What has been Yoshi Watanabe been doing in Chapter 32?

8. How does Sajjad respond when Hiroko tells him that Raza is gone?

9. How does Sajjad die?

10. In Chapter 33, what does Raza learn about Abdullah?

(see the answer keys)

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