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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 36-40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the narrator say that Shahr-e-Zohak was built into a fortress to defend the valley from invaders?
(a) 500 years ago.
(b) 300 years ago.
(c) 900 years ago.
(d) 200 years ago.

2. What American President does Rasheed describe resigning over a scandal in Chapter 10?
(a) Bill Clinton.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

3. Where does a guard tell Mariam and other citizens that this hospital no longer treats women in Chapter 39?
(a) Ali Abad Hospital.
(b) French Medical Institute for Children.
(c) Malalai Hospital.
(d) Jamhuriat Hospital.

4. Who is described in Chapter 23 as "the flamboyant Uzbek commander, leader of the Junbish-i-Milli faction"?
(a) Abdul Rashid Dostum.
(b) Mullah Faizullah.
(c) Queen Gauhar Shad.
(d) Ahmad Shah Massoud.

5. What organization sends Tariq a new prosthetic leg in Chapter 23?
(a) The Blue Cross.
(b) The Red Cross.
(c) The World Health Organization.
(d) The Kabul Doctors United.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Tariq's uncle in Ghazni died from in Chapter 22?

2. Whose pictures does Fariba hold up as the last Soviet convoys exit the city in Chapter 22?

3. What is the name of Kabul's ancient music ghetto that is silenced by the Taliban in Chapter 38?

4. When had Mariam first heard about the Taliban, according to the narrator in Chapter 37?

5. Who is the leader that has been hung as the Taliban speaker declares victory of Kabul in Chapter 37?

(see the answer key)

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