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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the letter-writer claim Mr. Wahdati's life was lacking in Chapter 4?
(a) Love and caring.
(b) Purpose and direction.
(c) Land and family.
(d) Money and fame.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was notable about Qais' eyes, according to the storyteller in Chapter 1?

2. Abdullah asks his father in Chapter 2 why who did not drive them to Kabul?

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

4. What feather collected by Pari is her favorite?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the second test that the div poses to Baba Ayub? How does Baba Ayub do with this test?

2. How does Abdllah compare Parwana's love for Iqbar to her love for him?

3. Why does Nabi visit Parwana and Masooma in Chapter 3? What information does he relate?

4. How does Nabi describe his first meeting with Nila in Chapter 4?

5. Where does Nila take the children during their visit in Chapter 2? What do they do there?

6. How does Nabi describe his first two years of working for Suleiman Wahdati in Chapter 4?

7. What is the frame device that is used in Chapter 4? Why do you think the author uses this frame?

8. What does Masoooma convince Parwana to do in the desert? Why?

9. Why does Saboor abuse and throw rocks at Abdullah in Chapter 2?

10. For what reason did Saboor tell his children they are traveling to Kabul in Chapter 2?

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