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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Wedding", what does Shakila fear will ruin her hairdo?
(a) Her burka.
(b) The wind.
(c) Putting on her dress.
(d) Her hairdresser.

2. What do many women do after the fall of the Taliban?
(a) They form organizations.
(b) They move.
(c) They get married.
(d) They begin to write about their lives.

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

4. Who negotiates the marriages of Shakila and Bulbula?
(a) Sultan.
(b) Their mother.
(c) Their father.
(d) Sharifa.

5. How did Jamila's family react when the man visited her?
(a) They sent her to Paris.
(b) They beat her.
(c) They kicked her out.
(d) They took away her money.

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

7. What do the women at Shakila's celebration do before eating in "Wedding"?
(a) They pray.
(b) They dance.
(c) They tell jokes.
(d) They paint henna.

8. How does Sultan travel to Pakistan in "The Business Trip"?
(a) On a train.
(b) On horseback.
(c) On foot.
(d) In a cab.

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

10. How many children does Bibi Gul have?
(a) 13.
(b) 10.
(c) 11.
(d) 12.

11. Why did Sultan banish Farid from the family?
(a) Because he started his own store.
(b) Because he gambled.
(c) Because he beat up a woman.
(d) Because he stole money.

12. What does Shakila ask Wakil about working at their engagement party?
(a) If she can start her own business.
(b) If he will make enough money to support them.
(c) If he will allow her to work.
(d) If his job will force them to move.

13. What are the women doing in "Billowing, Fluttering, Winding"?
(a) Shopping.
(b) Talking.
(c) Cleaning.
(d) Driving.

14. When did Sultan's book business first prosper?
(a) In the 1960s.
(b) After the Soviets invaded.
(c) After the Afghan monarchy was abolished.
(d) When the Afghan monarchy was in control.

15. Why is Shakila shopping in "Billowing, Fluttering, Winding"?
(a) She is going on vacation.
(b) She is trying to spend all her money.
(c) It is her sister's birthday.
(d) She is preparing for her wedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does "Billowing, Fluttering, Winding" take place?

2. How does Shakila know Mahmoud?

3. What does talking about Saliqa remind the women of in "Crime and Punishment"?

4. Why does Sultan say he moved his family to Pakistan?

5. Why did Jamila's family kill her?

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