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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 10, how many blankets do Shauzia and Parvana fill with bones in the afternoon?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. In Chapter 9, how long has Shauzia been working as a tea boy?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 7 months.
(d) 4 months.

4. In Chapter 9, who does Shauzia, her mother, and her sisters live with?
(a) Her mother's parents.
(b) An uncle.
(c) Her father's parents.
(d) A cousin.

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

6. In Chapter 11, what does Parvana secret friend give her the first morning back at her letter-reading post?
(a) Yellow wooden bead.
(b) Red wooden bead.
(c) Blue wooden bead.
(d) White wooden bead.

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

8. In Chapter 8, what is the medal for that Mrs. Weera shows Parvana?
(a) Running.
(b) Volleyball.
(c) Hurdles.
(d) Basketball.

9. In Chapter 9, what subject does Parvana think that Shauzia was better in at school than she was?
(a) Science.
(b) Spelling.
(c) P.E.
(d) Math.

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

11. In Chapter 12, how often do the things that Parvana and Shauzia saw at the stadium happen?
(a) Every Saturday.
(b) Every Sunday.
(c) Every Friday.
(d) Every Thursday.

12. In Chapter 12, what does Parvana want to do?
(a) Be an ordinary kid and go to school.
(b) Find her father and get him back.
(c) Go back to being a girl.
(d) Go back to their big house.

13. 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) Mother's nephew, Jalal.
(b) Mother's nephew, Abdul.
(c) Father's nephew, Kaseem.
(d) Father's nephew, Faisal.

14. In Chapter 8, what does Maryam wear on her feet?
(a) Layers of cloth.
(b) Old sneakers.
(c) Sandals.
(d) Old shoes.

15. In Chapter 8, what does a man tell Parvana when she mistakes him for her father?
(a) Not to give up hope.
(b) Not bother him.
(c) Keep looking.
(d) Go away.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, where is the letter from that Parvana is asked to read?

2. In Chapter 11, how long does it take Parvana and Shauzia digging bones to earn money to buy trays?

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

4. In Chapter 10 when Parvana and Shauzia have a full blanket of bones, how many skulls have they found?

5. In Chapter 7, to whom is the letter addressed that Parvana reads?

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