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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what year does Chapter 12 begin?
2. What mountain does Rasheed point out to Mariam from the front window of his house in Chapter 9?
3. How much older is Hakim than Fariba?
4. What is the name of Fariba's husband?
5. Tariq's family is of what ethnic group in Afghanistan?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the Afghanistan war against the Russians factor directly into Laila's storyline in Chapter 17?
2. How are Jalil's visits to Mariam described in Chapter 4? What do they talk about?
3. What loss does Mariam suffer in Chapter 13? How does this loss affect her?
4. What are Laila's perceptions of the funeral in Chapter 19? How does Laila grieve?
5. How would you describe Mariam's relationship with each of her parents in Chapter 1?
6. What political even does Laila's family witness in Chapter 22? What do they make of this affair?
7. How is Fariba's (Laila's mother's) daily behavior described in Chapter 17?
8. What discrepancy is seen between Nana's and Jalil's descriptions of Mariam's birth in Chapter 2?
9. What are the reasons behind Mariam's marriage arrangement in Chapter 7? How is this arrangement perceived by the characters in the story?
10. Chapter 6 is a transitional chapter in A Thousand Splendid Suns. What purpose does this transition serve?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of suffering in A Thousand Splendid Suns. How has Laila come to understand her mother’s suffering when she feels the loss of Tariq? How does Laila react differently to grief than her mother? What does Mariam think of when she considers Laila’s grief over her parents’ loss?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the setting of Kabul, Afghanistan, in the 1960s-1970s. How many people live in the capital? How divided is the wealth distribution in the city? How many citizens of Kabul were Muslim at this time? What other religions and cultures coexisted? How does this setting differ from Herat for Mariam?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the character of Mariam as one of the two protagonists in A Thousand Splendid Suns. How old is Mariam when she is introduced? What is Mariam’s relationship like with each of her parents? Whom is Mariam closest to? Why?
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