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

2. What do many women do after the fall of the Taliban?

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

4. Where does Sultan apply for visas to in 2001?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What traditions are followed at Shakila's wedding?

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

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

5. What happened to Jamila?

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

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

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

9. What does Sharifa do in Peshawar?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the influence of the author's experience in Kabul on this book. How does this help to create the controversy surrounding the book?

Essay Topic 2

How is Leila a tragic hero? What other titles can be given to her? Why is this?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Sultan's apartment with one other setting in "The Bookseller of Kabul".

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