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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. How is Masooma's behavior as an infant described in Chapter 3?
(a) She was a tyrant.
(b) She was forever screaming.
(c) She was hostile and angry.
(d) She was a sensible baby.

2. How old was Masooma when the accident happened which paralyzed her?
(a) 15.
(b) 17.
(c) 19.
(d) 21.

3. What feather collected by Pari is her favorite?
(a) A dove feather.
(b) A chicken feather.
(c) A titmouse feather.
(d) A peacock feather.

4. What request does Masooma make when Parwana is filling her hookah in the desert in Chapter 3?
(a) To use only hashish.
(b) To add more opium.
(c) To use only tobacco.
(d) To use less opium.

5. What was found in Masooma's clenched fist after she fell from the tree?
(a) A four-leafed clover.
(b) A flower.
(c) An engagement ring.
(d) Ten little leaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who teaches all of the village chldren to read and write in Parwana's village?

2. Whose bicycle does Masooma recall wrecking in Chapter 3?

3. To what is Saboor's nose compared in Chapter 2?

4. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a type of clay oven used for cooking in Southern, Central, and Western Asia?

5. Where does Pari keep the feathers she has collected?

(see the answer key)

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