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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 sell in small bags?
(a) Dried fruit and nuts.
(b) Cookies.
(c) Hard candies.
(d) Baklava.

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

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

4. In Chapter 10, how many days of Parvana's work would it take to equal what they earned for digging bones?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

5. In Chapter 9, what happened to Shauzia's father?
(a) Died of a bad heart.
(b) Died in a bombing.
(c) Died of pneumonia.
(d) Died from a gunshot wound.

6. In Chapter 12, how many days does Parvana stay home?
(a) 2 days.
(b) A few days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) About 3 days.

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

8. In Chapter 9, what does Shauzia give Parvana after work?
(a) Almonds.
(b) Walnuts.
(c) Apricots.
(d) Raisins.

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

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

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

12. In Chapter 11, what do Parvana and Shauzia see happening in the sport stadium?
(a) People fighting.
(b) People beheaded.
(c) A Taliban firing squad.
(d) Thieves being punished.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, how long does Parvana sit in the market before someone stops to have her read?

2. In Chapter 9, who does Shauzia say in her family disappeared after being arrested?

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

4. In Chapter 9, what is the name of the girl Parvana sees?

5. How much money does Parvana keep from selling bones in Chapter 10?

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