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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Matriarch, Temptation, pg. 106-130.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Business Trip", why is Yunis' marriage complicated?
(a) Sultan refuses to help him find a girl.
(b) He isn't legally allowed to marry.
(c) The girl's parents want her to marry someone else.
(d) He can't decide between two girls.

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

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

4. Who was originally meant to live in Sultan's apartment building in "The Matriarch"?
(a) Wealthy tradesmen.
(b) The middle class.
(c) Prisoners.
(d) The lower class.

5. Why do the religious police burn books in "Burning Books"?
(a) They find them objectionable.
(b) They don't allow religious texts in their city.
(c) They think they are too expensive.
(d) They were told to by Sultan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What types of hairstyles do the Taliban ban?

3. Where does Sultan apply for visas to in 2001?

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

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

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