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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, how does Parvana's hair fall after being cut?

2. In Chapter 2, what color silk dress does Maryam want some day?

3. In Chapter 5, how do they plan to have Parvana go to the market?

4. In Chapter 5, who is the child with Mrs. Weera?

5. In Chapter 4 when Parvana puts together the pieces of the photo of her father, what part of his head is missing?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what is the inside of the apartment like where Parvana and her family live?

2. In Chapter 2, what are Mother and Nooria always doing and why?

3. In Chapter 6, how does Parvana feel and see herself after her hair is cut?

4. What happens in Chapter 6 when Parvana goes to the market dressed as a boy?

5. In Chapter 3, what order of the Taliban did Father refuse to follow and why?

6. In Chapter 6, what do Mrs. Weera and Mother decide to do so that Parvana can go to the market?

7. In Chapter 2, how does Parvana have to get water for the family?

8. In Chapter 5, how does Mrs. Weera help Parvana and her family?

9. In Chapter 4, what did Mother do after returning home from the prison?

10. In Chapter 3, what happens when Parvana and her mother go to the prison to find Father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Parvana is 11 years old. In what way is Parvana’s story a coming-of-age story? How and why does Parvana mature and grow in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

The Taliban have made Kabul a war zone. In what way are Parvana and her family living in a war zone? What examples of inhumanity does the family observe? How does kindness and humanity exist even in those difficult times?

Essay Topic 3

Father and Mother have different ideas of how to deal with the Taliban. How do Father and Mother believe differently about how to deal with the Taliban? What is revealed about duty and responsibility to one’s country through their viewpoints?

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