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

2. What does Sultan do when he wants to take a wife in "The Proposal"?
(a) He talks to his brother about it.
(b) He finds someone to help him.
(c) He holds a party.
(d) He asks his sister to suggest someone.

3. In "The Matriarch", when was Sultan's apartment built?
(a) Fifty years ago.
(b) When the Soviets were in charge.
(c) Five years ago.
(d) When the Taliban took over.

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

5. Whose idea is it for Shakila to wear a burka?
(a) Her own.
(b) Wakil's.
(c) Her mother's.
(d) Sultan's.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does "Burning Books", the store, open up?

2. In "Suicide and Song", how do the Afghan women express their love?

3. Who is given a bloody cloth after Shakila's wedding?

4. What are the women doing in "Billowing, Fluttering, Winding"?

5. What makes Bulbula unattractive to her social class?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the bazaar look like in "Billowing, Fluttering, Winding"?

2. What does Sultan do when he finally reaches Pakistan?

3. What is Sultan's history with selling books?

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

5. What happened to Jamila?

6. What problems does Belqisa cause in "The Business Trip"?

7. In "The Matriarch", what is Sultan's apartment like?

8. What is Shakila's life like at school?

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

10. How does the burka affect Shakila's society?

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