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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through No Admission to Heaven, Billowing, Fluttering, Winding, pg. 81-93.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after losing her job does Shakila marry?
(a) Four years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Two years.

2. What happened to Bulbula after suffering an illness as a child?
(a) She never recovered.
(b) She lost the ability to walk.
(c) She needs to eat a special diet.
(d) She can't speak.

3. When did Sultan begin buying and selling books?
(a) When his father gave him his first book.
(b) After his fabric business closed.
(c) When he was in college.
(d) After his first wedding.

4. Why doesn't Sultan buy the textbooks from a foreign publisher in "The Business Trip"?
(a) Because he doesn't want them ideologically based.
(b) Because he doesn't want to be found.
(c) Because he wants to write them himself.
(d) Because he can't afford it.

5. What does Shakila do for a living?
(a) She is a secretary.
(b) She is a maid.
(c) She is a teacher.
(d) She is a teacher's assistant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who controls the mountains between Afghanistan and Pakistan?

2. In "Billowing, Fluttering, Winding", what color are the burkas that blend together?

3. How many children does Sultan have with his first wife?

4. Who negotiates the marriages of Shakila and Bulbula?

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

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