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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 27-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much older is Hakim than Fariba?
(a) 15 years older.
(b) 6 years older.
(c) 10 years older.
(d) 3 years older.

2. What does Tariq do to the boy that shot Laila with the water pistol in Chapter 18?
(a) He shoots him with a BB gun.
(b) He throws a water balloon at him.
(c) He tells the boy's mother.
(d) He beats him with his prosthetic leg.

3. How many legitimate wives does Jalil have when Mariam is a child?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

4. What kind of hat does Tariq wear as they watch the last Soviet convoys leave the city in Chapter 22?
(a) An ushanka.
(b) A bowler.
(c) A derby hat.
(d) A fedora.

5. Where does Tariq say that he and his family are going in Chapter 25?
(a) To Ukraine.
(b) To Pakistan.
(c) To the United States.
(d) To Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Laila hide the money that she steals from Rasheed in Chapter 34?

2. Who was the leader of the Islamic Jihad Council that formed following Afghanistan's independence?

3. What does the name Aziza mean?

4. What does the word "kojr" translate to in English?

5. Who does Jalil say "had raised the famous minarets as her loving ode to Herat back in the fifteenth century" in Chapter 1?

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