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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Shakila go after shopping in "Billowing, Fluttering, Winding"?
(a) To her fiance's house.
(b) To a restaurant.
(c) Home.
(d) To school.

2. What physical feature provide the borders for Pakistani rule?
(a) The paved roads.
(b) The mountains.
(c) The fences.
(d) The rivers.

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

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

5. How did a man visit Jamila while she was with her brother-in-law?
(a) He broke the key hole and opened the door.
(b) He opened the cellar door.
(c) He crawled through the window.
(d) He waited on the back porch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sultan want textbooks printed?

2. Who negotiates the marriages of Shakila and Bulbula?

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

4. Why is Shakila shopping in "Billowing, Fluttering, Winding"?

5. How many girls does Sultan select to choose his wife from in "The Proposal"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Temptations", what does Mansur try to do?

2. What is Shakila's role at her celebration feast in "Wedding"?

3. How does Shakila's family prepare for her wedding in "Wedding"?

4. Why does the burka come up in Shakila's relationship with Wakil?

5. Why does Bibi Gul receive a piece of cloth after Wakil's wedding?

6. What is unique about the mountains between Afghanistan and Pakistan?

7. What happened to Jamila?

8. What story about Saliqa is told in "Suicide and Song"?

9. How does the Taliban affect Shakila's life?

10. What do the women in Peshawar talk about in "Crime and Punishment"?

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