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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 41-47.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years have Mariam and Rasheed been married in Chapter 29?
(a) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) 15.
(d) 9.

2. Who is the 18-year-old boy that Giti has become enamored with in Chapter 23?
(a) Babur.
(b) Sabir.
(c) Noor.
(d) Ahmad.

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

4. What does "Shahr-e-Zohak" translate to in English?
(a) The White City.
(b) The Green City.
(c) The Blue City.
(d) The Red City.

5. How old is Laila in 1987 when Chapter 16 begins?
(a) 5.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mariam discover Rasheed building in the tool shed in Chapter 13?

2. What does the word "kolba" refer to in the novel?

3. Who is the boy that shoots Laila with the water gun in Chapter 17?

4. Who is the warlord of the Pashtun forces in West Kabul that is described in Chapter 24 as fighting against the Hazaras of the Wahdat faction in 1992?

5. Who had supposedly overseen the burial of Fariba's sons, according to the messenger that relates their death?

(see the answer key)

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