View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sonya agree to marry Sultan?
(a) Because she loves him.
(b) Because her mother forces her to.
(c) Because he will make her rich.
(d) Because it will help her family.

2. In "Suicide and Song", how do the Afghan women express their love?
(a) In diaries.
(b) In poems.
(c) In paintings.
(d) In weavings.

3. What types of hairstyles do the Taliban ban?
(a) Died hair.
(b) Long styles.
(c) Western styles.
(d) Shaved heads.

4. How does the narrator describe the women in "Billowing, Fluttering, Winding"?
(a) Intoxicated.
(b) Uncomfortable.
(c) Entertained.
(d) Troubled.

5. What does talking about Saliqa remind the women of in "Crime and Punishment"?
(a) Women who are involved with men.
(b) Children who are beaten for crimes.
(c) How their husbands treat their children.
(d) The laws that protect them from shame.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Bulbula after suffering an illness as a child?

2. Why does Sultan have to take such a long trip in "The Business Trip"?

3. Where is Shakila married?

4. Where does Shakila go after shopping in "Billowing, Fluttering, Winding"?

5. Why is Sultan able to have books printed in "The Business Trip"?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 264 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample