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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 see happening in the sport stadium?
(a) People fighting.
(b) People beheaded.
(c) Thieves being punished.
(d) A Taliban firing squad.

2. In Chapter 11, what does Mother give Parvana to eat for lunch when she digs up bones?
(a) Nan.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Rice.

3. In Chapter 8, what do Parvana's family eat most days?
(a) Nan and tea.
(b) Nan and a few vegetables.
(c) Rice and vegetables.
(d) Rice with a small bit of meat.

4. In Chapter 12, what season is it?
(a) Fall.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 10, where does Parvana hide the money she is saving?
(a) Behind a brick in the wall by her apartment.
(b) A pocket.
(c) Shoulder bag.
(d) Her shoe.

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

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

11. At the end of Chapter 7, what is the weather?
(a) Rainy.
(b) Misty.
(c) Windy.
(d) Sunny.

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

13. At the end of Chapter 11, what does Parvana see a young Talib man carrying on a rope?
(a) Necklaces.
(b) Watches.
(c) Severed fingers.
(d) Severed hands.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, how often do the things that Parvana and Shauzia saw at the stadium happen?

2. In Chapter 11, what does Parvana secret friend give her the first morning back at her letter-reading post?

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

4. In Chapter 8, where has Mrs. Weera been living?

5. In Chapter 11, what does Parvana do when her mother asks her where she was that day?

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