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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what do Parvana and Shauzia decide to sell on their trays?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Tea and cookies.
(d) Cigarettes, chewing, gum, and matches.

2. In Chapter 8, what do Mrs. Weera and Mother plan to start together?
(a) Babysitting business.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Sewing business.
(d) Magazine.

3. In Chapter 12, what fruit does Parvana bring home for her family?
(a) Apricots.
(b) Peaches and plums.
(c) Dates.
(d) Raisins.

4. In Chapter 7, to whom is the letter addressed that Parvana reads?
(a) Aliah Durani.
(b) Fatima Azima.
(c) Camila Hussaini.
(d) Madina Niazai.

5. In Chapter 12, when does Shauzia want to try to leave?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

6. In Chapter 7, after Parvana makes a sale, how much longer does she stay in the marketplace before she leaves?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) Another couple hours.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) About 3 hours.

7. In Chapter 12, what does Parvana coach Maryam on?
(a) Subtraction.
(b) Addition.
(c) Times tables.
(d) Counting.

8. In Chapter 7, how long does Parvana sit in the market before someone stops to have her read?
(a) 45 minutes.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) An hour.

9. At the end of Chapter 8, who trips and falls in front of Parvana?
(a) An old woman.
(b) A girl from Parvana's class.
(c) An old man.
(d) A boy from her apartment building.

10. How much money does Parvana keep from selling bones in Chapter 10?
(a) Two-thirds.
(b) Half.
(c) One-fourth.
(d) One-third.

11. In Chapter 9, what does the girl that Parvana sees tell her to call her?
(a) Gawhar.
(b) Shafiq.
(c) Baktash.
(d) Rafiq.

12. In Chapter 11, what does Parvana do with the lunch her mother gives her when she is digging up bones?
(a) Gives it to a beggar.
(b) Eats it.
(c) Gives it to a boy working in the cemetery.
(d) Gives it to Shauzia.

13. In Chapter 8, what does Parvana find on her blanket when she is about to shake it out and go home?
(a) Green embroidered wool.
(b) Yellow embroidered wool.
(c) White enbroidered wool.
(d) Gray embroidered wool.

14. 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?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

15. In Chapter 12, what does Parvana try to learn from Nooria?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Essay writing.
(c) Mending.
(d) Algebra.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what does Parvana find on her blanket after work?

2. In Chapter 7, who wants Parvana to read a letter?

3. What type of birds do Parvana and Shauzia see at the cemetery in Chapter 10?

4. In Chapter 10, what do Parvana and Shauzia use to dig up bones?

5. In Chapter 12, what season is it?

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