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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why must Shakila and Wakil sit down at the same time on their wedding day?
(a) Because Shakila's mother insists.
(b) Because it proves they love each other.
(c) Because Wakil gets angry if they don't.
(d) Because it is a superstition.

2. 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 wants to write them himself.
(c) Because he doesn't want to be found.
(d) Because he can't afford it.

3. How many rooms are in Sultan's apartment in "The Matriarch"?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

4. Who is given a bloody cloth after Shakila's wedding?
(a) Wakil.
(b) Shakila's father.
(c) Wakil's father.
(d) Shakila.

5. How many girls does Sultan select to choose his wife from in "The Proposal"?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

6. What do the women sit on in Sultan's apartment in "The Matriarch"?
(a) Benches.
(b) Small chairs.
(c) Couches.
(d) Mats.

7. What does talking about Saliqa remind the women of in "Crime and Punishment"?
(a) Children who are beaten for crimes.
(b) The laws that protect them from shame.
(c) Women who are involved with men.
(d) How their husbands treat their children.

8. In "The Matriarch", where does each woman keep her personal treasures?
(a) Buried outside.
(b) In a locked box.
(c) In a drawer.
(d) Under her bed.

9. What does Sharifa do in Peshawar with the other women?
(a) Writes.
(b) Eats.
(c) Sings.
(d) Dances.

10. In "Crime and Punishment", how long have Sultan and Sonya been married?
(a) Three years.
(b) One year.
(c) Two years.
(d) Four years.

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

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

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

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

15. What does Shakila do after being painted with henna?
(a) She reads a book.
(b) She goes for a walk.
(c) She eats her feast.
(d) She sleeps.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Sultan able to have books printed in "The Business Trip"?

2. Why are Shakila and Mahmoud separated?

3. Why does Sultan visit his relatives in "The Business Trip"?

4. Why are Shakila and Bulbula older than most brides?

5. Who negotiates the marriages of Shakila and Bulbula?

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