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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Abdullah when his mother died?
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Nine.

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

3. What is the name of Pari's dog?
(a) Masooma.
(b) Herat.
(c) Omar.
(d) Shuja.

4. What yearly ritual does the author of the letter in Chapter 4 recall sharing with Mr. Markos?
(a) Planting tomatoes.
(b) Hunting deer.
(c) Riding bicycles.
(d) Reading poetry.

5. In what language did Nila tell Nabi that sometimes she believed he was her only friend in Chapter 4?
(a) English.
(b) Italian.
(c) French.
(d) Spanish.

6. What attraction does Masooma tell Parwana that she wants to go to see in Kabul in Chapter 3?
(a) The Gardens of Babur.
(b) Darulaman Palace.
(c) The Shrine of Ali.
(d) The Minaret of Jam.

7. What type of trees did Baba Ayub grow and harvest?
(a) Apple trees.
(b) Pistachio trees.
(c) Palm trees.
(d) Almond trees.

8. What jobs does Uncle Nabi do for a living?
(a) He is a butcher and a clerk.
(b) He is a taxi driver and cashier.
(c) He is a cook and a chauffeur.
(d) He is a maitre d' and bartender.

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

10. What does "aziz" translate to in English?
(a) Rose.
(b) Dove.
(c) Beloved.
(d) Fawn.

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

12. What is the name of Ms. Amra Ademovic's daughter?
(a) Masooma.
(b) Sultana.
(c) Parwana.
(d) Roshi.

13. What is the darkness around Parwana compared to in the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Perogatory.
(b) A black tunnel.
(c) The bottom of a well.
(d) A mother's womb.

14. Abdullah asks his father in Chapter 2 why who did not drive them to Kabul?
(a) Uncle Nabi.
(b) Suleiman.
(c) Iqbar.
(d) Markos.

15. What is the name of the narrator's daughter in Chapter 1?
(a) Masooma.
(b) Parwana.
(c) Sultana.
(d) Pari.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Qais in the story in Chapter 1?

2. When did the author of the letter in Chapter 4 move to Kabul from Shadbagh?

3. How old was Masooma when the accident happened which paralyzed her?

4. What feather collected by Pari is her favorite?

5. What is the name of the gentleman that Saboor takes a job from in Kabul in Chapter 2?

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