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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Business Trip", why is Yunis' marriage complicated?

2. Where is Shakila married?

3. How does the narrator describe the women in "Billowing, Fluttering, Winding"?

4. What happened to Bulbula after suffering an illness as a child?

5. Why does Shakila's mother mourn after her wedding?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Sultan do when he wants to take a new wife in "The Proposal"?

7. Why does Sultan visit Lahore in "The Business Trip"?

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

9. What are some of the things that the Taliban banned in 1996?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the historical events in this book affect Sultan? How do they affect the development of the other people and the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Who do you believe the original intended audience was for "The Bookseller of Kabul"? How does this audience affect the author's portrayal of events and people?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the clash between the east and the west in "The Bookseller of Kabul".

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