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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: "Spring 1949".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Abdullah's father hit him in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) To punish him for bragging.
(b) To punish him for stealing.
(c) To make him go home.
(d) To punish him for talking back to his stepmother.

2. What do "divs" and "jinns" refer to in the context of the novel?
(a) Monsters and spirits.
(b) Fish and birds.
(c) Whales and sea urchins.
(d) Goats and sheep.

3. What did Baba Ayub announce as his intentions when the div opened the gate to his fort in Chapter 1?
(a) He intended to take his wife away.
(b) He intended to burn down the fort.
(c) He intended to retrieve his son.
(d) He intended to kill the div.

4. Whose poem was attached to the rock that was thrown at Masooma by the boys in "She Was Forever Screaming"?
(a) Nila's poem.
(b) Gholam's poem.
(c) Rumi's poem.
(d) Masooma's poem.

5. What is the name of the village elder of Abdullah's village?
(a) Mullah Shekib.
(b) Markos Varvaris.
(c) Suleiman Wahdati.
(d) Nabi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Pari's dog?

2. Where does the storyteller describe more fortunate villages in relation to the one in which Baba Ayub lived in Chapter 1?

3. What does Baba Ayub throw at the wall after the div has presented him with a choice in Chapter 1?

4. What attraction does Masooma tell Parwana that she wants to go to see in Kabul in Chapter 3?

5. What did Parwana steal for Saboor when she was a child?

(see the answer key)

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