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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. Why does Sultan want textbooks printed?
(a) To give to the school children.
(b) To start his own publishing house.
(c) To ship to Afghanistan.
(d) To sell in his shop.

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

3. How many decrees does the narrator say the Taliban passed in 1996?
(a) 16.
(b) 17.
(c) 15.
(d) 18.

4. Why does Sultan say he moved his family to Pakistan?
(a) Because it was cheaper to live there.
(b) Because his uncle left him a house there.
(c) Because he was kicked out of Afghanistan.
(d) Because Kabul was turning violent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator say used to enjoy wearing the burka?

2. How many textbooks does Sultan want in "The Business Trip"?

3. What types of hairstyles do the Taliban ban?

4. How does Sharifa show she is upset with Sultan's choice of Sonya for a wife?

5. Why doesn't Sultan buy the textbooks from a foreign publisher in "The Business Trip"?

(see the answer key)

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