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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year did Nila ask Nabi to take her to Shadbagh?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1992.

3. Where did Baba Ayub live, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Jalalabad.
(b) Herat.
(c) Maidan Sabz.
(d) Kandahar.

4. What kind of feather does Pari point out on the boulder in Chapter 2?
(a) A vulture feather.
(b) A dove feather.
(c) A falcon feather.
(d) An eagle feather.

5. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a type of clay oven used for cooking in Southern, Central, and Western Asia?
(a) Choda.
(b) Sobri bacher.
(c) Tandoor.
(d) Ruz bacher.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the gardener for Mr. Wahdati that came three times a week?

3. What was Nila's mother's tongue?

4. What sets Chapter 4 apart from the other chapters in And the Mountains Echoed?

5. How would Qais charm anyone he met, according to the storyteller in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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