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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What does Pasoon do when his sister accuses him of being a baby and playing at war by flirting with the Taliban? (from Pages 128 - 195)

He slaps her, hard.

He runs away from her, off into the hills to find his brothers in the Taliban.

He breaks down in tears.

He laughs at her naivete.

2.

Who are the Kochi? (from Pages 74 - 127)

The slang Pashto term the Afghans give to the American soldiers, it translates loosely as "pig face"

The clerics who help bury the dead from the village attacks.

Indigenous itinerant Afghan natives.

The nickname given to the ring of caves all around Reshmina's village.

3.

Where does Reshmina suggest the townsfolk go until the airstrikes stop? (from Pages 196 - 248)

In the village's tiny jail.

In a mosque built centuries earlier by the Ottoman Empire.

In the open air market to avoid being crushed by collapsing buildings.

Caves under the village.

4.

Who does Reshmina see on valley ridge above the village at sunset the evening of the bombing? (from Pages 249 - 304)

The same snow leopard she recalls seeing earlier that day.

The ghost of her grandfather, a cleric, which she takes as a blessing.

The young boy she met earlier guarding the poppy fields.

Her brother who has joined the Taliban.

5.

At what event was Hila, Reshmina's older sister, killed? (from Pages 1 - 73)

The grand opening of her father's vegetable shop.

Her grandmother's funeral.

Her high school graduation.

Her own wedding.

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