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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through My Mother Osama, pg. 244-266.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Shakila feel about being a wife in "An Attempt"?
(a) She wishes she had a different husband.
(b) She dislikes it.
(c) She is pleased with it.
(d) She fears she isn't good at it.

2. Who controls the mountains between Afghanistan and Pakistan?
(a) Russians.
(b) Tribes.
(c) The Pakistani government.
(d) The Afghan government.

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

4. How does Sharifa show she is upset with Sultan's choice of Sonya for a wife?
(a) She is rude to Sonya.
(b) She speaks against him in public.
(c) She doesn't attend the ceremony.
(d) She doesn't give them a gift.

5. How does Fazil feel about his detention homework?
(a) He enjoys it.
(b) He thinks its a joke.
(c) He is proud that he knows it all.
(d) He dislikes it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the women sit on in Sultan's apartment in "The Matriarch"?

2. Who comes to Sultan's house to complain that the carpenter's father was arrested?

3. How does Bibi Gul feel at the bath in "The Smell of Dust"?

4. In "Wedding", what time of day is it when the groom and bride are painted with henna?

5. In "An Attempt", what makes Leila jealous of Sonya?

(see the answer key)

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