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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Smell of Dust, pgs. 163-180.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose idea is it for Shakila to wear a burka?
(a) Her mother's.
(b) Her own.
(c) Sultan's.
(d) Wakil's.

2. In "Suicide and Song", how do the Afghan women express their love?
(a) In diaries.
(b) In poems.
(c) In paintings.
(d) In weavings.

3. Where does Shakila go after shopping in "Billowing, Fluttering, Winding"?
(a) To school.
(b) Home.
(c) To her fiance's house.
(d) To a restaurant.

4. How does Shakila react to her engagement?
(a) She is nervous.
(b) She isn't happy about it.
(c) She is relieved to be getting married.
(d) She is excited.

5. In "Crime and Punishment", how long have Sultan and Sonya been married?
(a) Four years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Three years.
(d) One year.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Bibi Gul and Sharifa talk about when Sharifa returns to Sultan's apartment?

2. What do many women do after the fall of the Taliban?

3. What happened to Bulbula after suffering an illness as a child?

4. What law is passed regarding kites when the Taliban enters Kabul in 1996?

5. How do the women discuss Saliqa's beating?

(see the answer key)

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