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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what do Parvana and Shauzia use to dig up bones?
(a) Shovel.
(b) Rough boards.
(c) Broken trowels.
(d) Their hands.

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

3. In Chapter 12, what does Parvana sell in small bags?
(a) Cookies.
(b) Hard candies.
(c) Baklava.
(d) Dried fruit and nuts.

4. In Chapter 7, who is Parvana supposed to say she is if anyone asks her who she is while she is at the market?
(a) Father's nephew, Kaseem.
(b) Mother's nephew, Abdul.
(c) Father's nephew, Faisal.
(d) Mother's nephew, Jalal.

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

6. In Chapter 8, what does Parvana find on her blanket after work?
(a) Earrings.
(b) A ring.
(c) Bracelet.
(d) A few beads on a string.

7. In Chapter 12, what body of water does Shauzia plan to cross to get where she wants to go?
(a) Black Sea.
(b) Mediterrean Sea.
(c) Caspian Sea.
(d) Arabian Sea.

8. In Chapter 8, what do Mrs. Weera and Parvana use to move Mrs. Weera's belongings?
(a) Boxes.
(b) Baskets.
(c) Bicycle basket.
(d) Karachi.

9. In Chapter 11, what does Parvana do when her mother asks her where she was that day?
(a) Cries.
(b) Stammers.
(c) Tells a lie.
(d) Shouts.

10. In Chapter 8, how many are left of the Weera family?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 11.

11. In Chapter 8, where does Nooria sometimes wash the little children?
(a) Bucket outside.
(b) River.
(c) Bucket in the main room of their home.
(d) Water tap.

12. In Chapter 9, what gift does Parvana receive from the Window Woman?
(a) White handkerchief with blue embroidery.
(b) White handkerchief with red embroidery.
(c) White handkerchief with green embroidery.
(d) White handkerchief with yellow embroidery.

13. In Chapter 8, where does Mrs. Weera move?
(a) In with Parvana's family.
(b) Across the street from Parvana's family.
(c) An apartment in the same building as Parvana's family.
(d) A block from Parvana's family.

14. In Chapter 12, where does Shauzia want to go?
(a) France.
(b) United Kingdom.
(c) Germany.
(d) United States.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what month is it?

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

3. In Chapter 8, what do Parvana's family eat most days?

4. At the end of Chapter 8, who trips and falls in front of Parvana?

5. In Chapter 8, who does Parvana see when she looks through the window near where she sits in the marketplace each day?

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