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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 10, how many times does the bone broker have to fill the bucket on his scales in order to weigh all of Parvana and Shauzia's bones?
2. In Chapter 11, what does Mother give Parvana to eat for lunch when she digs up bones?
3. In Chapter 9, what subject does Parvana think that Shauzia was better in at school than she was?
4. In Chapter 12, how does Shauzia plan to get where she wants to go?
5. In Chapter 10, how many buildings are intact near the cemetery where Parvana and Shauzia go?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 7, what work does Mother suggest that Parvana do?
2. In Chapter 12, what is it like where Shauzia lives?
3. In Chapter 7, where is Mrs. Weera living before she moves to lives with Parvana's family, and what does she say about the remaining members of her family?
4. In Chapter 7, what is Parvana asked to read, and who asks her to read?
5. In Chapter 10, why is Parvana afraid to go in a ruined building to go to the bathroom?
6. In Chapter 7, what story is Parvana to tell if anyone asks her who she is at the market, and why she is there?
7. In Chapter 12, why is Shauzia saving money?
8. In Chapter 10, what does Shauzia say when Parvana asks if the people buried in the cemetery would mind being dug up?
9. What does Nooria say in Chapter 11 when Mother says that Parvana cannot continue digging up bones?
10. In Chapter 8, what does Shauzia tell Parvana about her family and the work she is doing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sometimes the author leaves readers wondering what will happen next at the end of a chapter. What type of literary device is used when an author leaves readers wonder what will happen at the end of a chapter? How is a cliffhanger intended to build suspense? Does the use of cliffhangers in The Breadwinner increase suspense?
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
Nooria and Parvana make sacrifices. What sacrifices do the girls make? What do those sacrifices reveal about the necessity of sacrifices during crisis situations?
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