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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Matriarch, Temptation, pg. 106-130.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why must Shakila and Wakil sit down at the same time on their wedding day?
(a) Because Wakil gets angry if they don't.
(b) Because Shakila's mother insists.
(c) Because it is a superstition.
(d) Because it proves they love each other.

2. Why is Sultan able to have books printed in "The Business Trip"?
(a) Because he has the money.
(b) Because he has a friend who publishes.
(c) Because there are paper suppliers in Pakistan.
(d) Because there aren't controls over books.

3. How does the narrator say Taliban rule could have affected Shakila's wedding?
(a) No male relatives could have attened the ceremony.
(b) She couldn't wear a veil.
(c) There couldn't be music.
(d) She couldn't run away from her husband.

4. Why do the religious police burn books in "Burning Books"?
(a) They don't allow religious texts in their city.
(b) They think they are too expensive.
(c) They were told to by Sultan.
(d) They find them objectionable.

5. How do the women discuss Saliqa's beating?
(a) They say it's just a joke.
(b) They say it is a shame.
(c) They say nothing about it.
(d) They say she is a disgrace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the women doing in "Billowing, Fluttering, Winding"?

2. How many decrees does the narrator say the Taliban passed in 1996?

3. What is the only piece of furniture in the room with all the boxes in Sultan's apartment?

4. In "Wedding", what does Shakila fear will ruin her hairdo?

5. How many children does Sultan have with his first wife?

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