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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused Tariq to lose one of his legs?
(a) He was hit by a train.
(b) He had polio.
(c) He stepped on a land mine.
(d) He was in a car accident.

2. During what years was Mohammad Najibullah President of Afghanistan?
(a) 1990-1996.
(b) 1987-1992.
(c) 1979-1988.
(d) 1982-1988.

3. In what year does Chapter 12 begin?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1982.

4. Who had supposedly overseen the burial of Fariba's sons, according to the messenger that relates their death?
(a) Habib Khan.
(b) Mullah Faizullah.
(c) Queen Gauhar Shad.
(d) Ahmad Shah Massoud.

5. Who discovers Mariam in a pool of blood after she has miscarried in Chapter 13?
(a) Ahmad.
(b) Hakim.
(c) Fariba.
(d) Laila.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tariq do to the boy that shot Laila with the water pistol in Chapter 18?

2. What is the name of Jalil's eldest son by his first wife?

3. What language is native to Kandahar?

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

5. What is the name of the elderly midwife that helped to deliver Laila?

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