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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Carpenter, pg. 214-244.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Fazil describe his teacher in "Can God Die"?
(a) The teacher makes him happy.
(b) The teacher always gets things wrong.
(c) The teacher makes him nervous.
(d) The teacher is too smart.

2. What does Bibi Gul do after taking her bath in "The Smell of Dust"?
(a) She braids her hair.
(b) She counts her change for bus fare.
(c) She puts on her burka.
(d) She has someone bring her a cab.

3. Who does the narrator say used to enjoy wearing the burka?
(a) Poor women.
(b) Married women.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Rich women.

4. Whose idea was it to enroll Fazil at Esteqlal?
(a) Yunus.
(b) Sultan.
(c) Mariam.
(d) Sharifa.

5. Why is Saliqa beaten?
(a) For skipping school.
(b) For stealing from a store.
(c) For cheating on a test.
(d) For talking with a boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bibi Gul say she won't let Leila marry while she is still alive?

2. What do the families drink after the wedding ceremony in "Wedding"?

3. In "Can God Die", who does Fazil talk to about his teacher?

4. Who did Mariam marry after her husband's death?

5. What makes Bulbula unattractive to her social class?

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