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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what does Parvana's hair feel like after being cut?
(a) Fine and soft.
(b) Bristly and soft.
(c) Silky.
(d) Smooth.

2. In Chapter 5, what does the cap look like that Parvana's mother gives her to wear?
(a) White felt.
(b) Green felt.
(c) Blue with embroidery.
(d) White with embroidery.

3. In Chapter 5, how many trips does Parvana make to get water?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

4. In Chapter 2, what did Parvana's father teach before his school was bombed?
(a) Math.
(b) Science.
(c) History.
(d) Literature.

5. How old is Nooria in Chapter 5?
(a) 19.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 17.

6. In Chapter 5, how does Parvana feel after hauling water and not having food or water?
(a) Sick to her stomach.
(b) Exhausted.
(c) Dizzy.
(d) Faint.

7. In Chapter 1, how old is Parvana?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 13.
(d) 11.

8. In Chapter 5, what color hair does Mrs. Weera have?
(a) Brown.
(b) Gray.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

9. In Chapter 5, what has Parvana seen happen to shopkeepers who allow women into their shops?
(a) Arrested.
(b) Shot.
(c) Beaten.
(d) Killed.

10. In Chapter 1, how long does Parvana say that a war has been going on in Afghanistan?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 5 years.

11. In Chapter 5, how many cups of water does Parvana get to drink after the water is boiled?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

12. In Chapter 4, on what day after Parvana and Mother return from the prison does the family run out of food?
(a) 5th.
(b) 3rd.
(c) 2nd.
(d) 4th.

13. In Chapter 3, what relative did Parvana remember was arrested for protesting the Soviet occupation of the country?
(a) Aunt.
(b) Grandmother.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Uncle.

14. In Chapter 3, how did the Taliban order that windows be covered?
(a) With black paint.
(b) With heavy draperies.
(c) With white paint.
(d) With paper.

15. In Chapter 1, what grade was Parvana in when she had to leave school?
(a) 9th.
(b) 5th.
(c) 6th.
(d) 7th.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what does Parvana knock over when she runs from a soldier?

2. In Chapter 1, how long have Parvana, her mother, and sisters, been forced to stay home?

3. In Chapter 1, why is Parvana at the Kabul market?

4. In Chapter 5, where will they say that Parvana is from?

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

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