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The name of the main character
What is Mirium
100
What reason did Nana give in denying Mariam the ability to go to school?
she would be made fun of
100
How many children does Jalil have, including Mariam
Eleven (one wife is pregnant in the fourth chapter)
200
What is the mother of the main character's name?
Nana
200
What is the one lesson Nana says Mariam needs to learn?
How to endure
200
What do Jalil's wives say happened during Nana and Jalil's affair?
Nana forced herself on him.
300
What was the profession of Nana's father?
Stone Carver
300
What is Miriams middle name?
Jo
300
What is the profession of Mariam's favorite visitor that isn't her father?
His name is Mullah Faizullah and he taught her how to read and is a religious man.. A teacher and a holy man.
400
What is the kind of building that Mariam's father's business?
a cinema
400
Why did Nana's fiancee leave her? What do you think that a Jinn is?
She was possessed by the Jinn, which is believed to be a seizure.
400
What kind of physical handicap/deformity does Nana have?
A lazy eye
500
What is Mariam's father's name?
Jalil
500
How many times a week does Jalil come to visit Mariam?
One. Its always on a Thursday.
500
What is the thing that Miriam asks her teacher for, which later gets shut down by her mother?
A chance to go to school