Estimated Reading Time: 16 min
And the Mountains Echoed MCQs
1. Where did Baba Ayub live?
A. Gul Daman
B. Maidan Sabz
C. Shadbagh
D. Tinos Island
2. How many children did Baba Ayub have?
A. Two daughters, three sons
B. Five children total
C. Six children
D. Three sons total
3. What did Baba Ayub tie to Qais’s neck?
A. A silk ribbon
B. A prayer bead
C. A tiny bell
D. A glass flask
4. What was the div’s demand if it tapped a roof?
A. A large feast
B. Eternal servitude
C. One child offering
D. All the money
5. What object did the div use to show Baba Ayub Qais?
A. A hidden window
B. A clear glass
C. A polished mirror
D. A secret door
6. What item did the div give Baba Ayub to forget?
A. A gold coin
B. A glass flask
C. A woven scarf
D. A heavy sack
7. What did the liquid cause Baba Ayub to forget?
A. His name
B. All his children
C. His son Qais
D. The long journey
8. What item did Abdullah give Pari for her collection?
A. A grey feather
B. A tiny tea box
C. A peacock feather
D. A small coin
9. What was the name of Abdullah and Pari’s father?
A. Nabi
B. Saboor
C. Iqbal
D. Masooma
10. Who was Parwana primarily concerned about and loved?
A. Saboor
B. Masooma
C. Pari
D. Her son Iqbal
11. What was Uncle Nabi’s primary job in Kabul?
A. Cook and chauffeur
B. Teacher and guide
C. Politician
D. Stone carver
12. What did Father blame for his infant son Omar’s death?
A. Lack of heating
B. Too much cold
C. Not enough money
D. Parwana’s neglect
13. Who said they were going to stay together “for always and always”?
A. Saboor and Pari
B. Nabi and Abdullah
C. Abdullah and Pari
D. Parwana and Saboor
14. What surprised Abdullah about Father’s character when telling stories?
A. His anger
B. His imagination
C. His sadness
D. His quietness
15. What did Mrs Wahdati offer the children immediately?
A. New clothes
B. Cookies
C. A toy
D. A glass of tea
16. What did Nila Wahdati say she admired about people in the countryside?
A. Their hospitality
B. Their poverty
C. Their self-pity
D. Their dignity
17. What did Mrs Wahdati eventually buy Pari at the bazaar?
A. A tiny bell
B. A silk scarf
C. Yellow sneakers
D. A peacock feather
18. What did Abdullah find when digging behind the windmill?
A. Father’s ring
B. The tin tea box
C. Pari’s doll
D. A broken scythe
19. What was Masooma and Parwana’s relationship?
A. Distant cousins
B. Step-sisters
C. Twin sisters
D. Neighbors
20. What did Masooma do to ease her chronic pain?
A. Drink wine
B. Pray constantly
C. Read poetry
D. Opium smoking
21. Why did the boys’ heckling sting Parwana the most?
A. They ignored her
B. They threw rocks
C. They were rude
D. They praised Masooma
22. What did the rock wrapped in paper contain, meant for Masooma?
A. A warning
B. A Rumi poem
C. A sketch
D. A threat
23. What caused Masooma’s paralysing injury?
A. A fight
B. A mule kick
C. A tree falls
D. A severe sickness
24. What was Masooma’s final wish for Parwana?
A. To run away
B. To care for Nabi
C. To move to Kabul
D. To marry Saboor
25. How did Parwana leave Masooma in the desert?
A. After a loud fight
B. By committing murder
C. After Masooma smoked
D. By running away quickly
26. Who wrote the letter addressed to Markos?
A. Suleiman Wahdati
B. Nabi
C. Pari
D. Amra
27. Why did Nabi originally leave his village, Shadbagh?
A. To escape poverty
B. To escape his sister
C. To find a job
D. To find Nila
28. What did Suleiman Wahdati often do in his study?
A. Read
B. Play chess
C. Draw sketches
D. All listed here
29. What did Nabi realise after seeing Suleiman’s sketches?
A. Suleiman was cruel
B. Suleiman loved Nabi
C. Suleiman hated Nila
D. Suleiman was ill
30. Why did Nila say she could not bear children?
A. She had an illness
B. Doctors removed organs
C. She was too old
D. Suleiman was infertile
31. What ultimately caused Suleiman Wahdati’s debilitating illness?
A. A car crash
B. A stroke
C. An allergic reaction
D. A serious fall
32. What did Suleiman leave Nabi in his will?
A. Only the car
B. All his land
C. Everything
D. Just some money
33. How did Nabi learn that Nila Wahdati had died?
A. A letter from Pari
B. Markos told him
C. He saw a notice
D. Amra found an obituary
34. What was the real reason Idris and Timur returned to Kabul?
A. To meet the family
B. To reclaim property
C. To volunteer
D. To study
35. What was Roshi’s debilitating injury?
A. A shrapnel wound
B. A terrible fever
C. Severe head trauma
D. A lost limb
36. What did Idris promise Amra he would arrange for Roshi?
A. A new home
B. Surgery in California
C. Money for medicine
D. A better diet
37. Why did Roshi’s uncle abandon her at the hospital?
A. He was arrested
B. Financial reasons
C. She couldn’t marry
D. He hated her
38. What did the uncle confess to Idris that made him feel “cornered”?
A. He needed a loan
B. He wanted Roshi to die
C. Roshi was a thief
D. He wanted a bribe
39. How did Idris treat Amra’s subsequent emails about Roshi?
A. He responded quickly
B. He filed them
C. He ignored and deleted
D. He forwarded them
40. Who did Roshi dedicate her book to, besides her mother, Amra?
A. Kaka Idris
B. Markos
C. Kaka Timur
D. Her brother
41. What was Roshi’s message to Idris in his signed book?
A. He was a liar
B. Don’t worry, you’re not in it
C. Thank you, Kaka
D. She forgave him
42. What did Nila Wahdati teach Pari II?
A. French language
B. Afghan history
C. Mathematics
D. Poetry
43. What was Nila’s primary justification for moving to France?
A. To pursue writing
B. To save her daughter
C. To escape Kabul
D. To find freedom
44. What subject did Pari (Nila’s daughter) eventually study at the Sorbonne?
A. French literature
B. Economics
C. Mathematics
D. Sociology
45. What did Pari realise was her mother’s true intent with the interview?
A. To apologise
B. To make Pari lose
C. To publish poems
D. To gain fame
46. What event did Pari realise led to Nila’s suicide?
A. Losing the bookstore
B. Pari’s affair with Julien
C. The political climate
D. Nila’s illness
47. What was Thalia’s injury that necessitated wearing a mask?
A. A fire
B. A dog bite
C. A car crash
D. A surgical error
48. What hobby did Markos and Thalia practice with a shoebox?
A. Pinhole photography
B. Making telescopes
C. Shadow puppets
D. Building houses
49. What did Pari (Abdullah’s daughter) do for her father at bedtime?
A. Sang a lullaby
B. Read a story
C. Plucked bad dreams
D. Made wishes
50. What item did Pari (the niece) ultimately receive from her lost sister/family?
A. The Paris postcard
B. A tin tea box
C. A new sweater
D. The Rumi book
Brief Overview
And the Mountains Echoed is a novel by Khaled Hosseini, first published in 2013. It is an epic story centered on the unbreakable bonds of family, love, and sacrifice across multiple generations and continents.
The novel begins with an old folk story told by a father. He must give one of his five children to a monster, called a div, to save his family. He chooses his youngest son, Qais. Years later, the father finds Qais living happily and chooses to forget him to ease his own pain.
Later, a poor father named Saboor walks with his children, Abdullah and little Pari, to Kabul. Abdullah deeply loves his sister, Pari. In Kabul, Saboor sells Pari to the wealthy Wahdati family because he desperately needs money.
The family servant, Nabi, arranged the sale because the wife, Nila, could not have children. Years pass, and Nila leaves Kabul with Pari for Paris. Nabi later reveals in a letter that he loved Nila, but her husband, Mr. Wahdati, was secretly in love with Nabi.
Many years later, Nabi writes a letter asking for Pari to be found. Abdullah grows old in America with his own daughter, who is also named Pari. He becomes very sick and loses the memory of his sister.
The sister, now an old professor, finds her lost brother. She gives his daughter an old tin box filled with precious feathers. This box symbolizes the sister’s forgotten childhood and the deep love Abdullah once held for her.ld for her.
