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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what name does Parvana's father give to the mountain that can be seen from their neighborhood?
(a) Noshaq.
(b) Kohe Urgunt.
(c) Mount Parvana.
(d) Shah Dahr.

2. In Chapter 1, why is Parvana at the Kabul market?
(a) To read and write letters.
(b) To buy food.
(c) To help her father walk to the market and back home.
(d) To socialize with friends.

3. In Chapter 1, what language does Parvana speak best?
(a) Balochi.
(b) Pashto.
(c) Dari.
(d) Arabic.

4. In Chapter 1, during how much of Parvana's life had bombs fallen?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) All of her life.
(d) 3 years.

5. In Chapter 5, how does Parvana feel after hauling water and not having food or water?
(a) Faint.
(b) Dizzy.
(c) Sick to her stomach.
(d) Exhausted.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what color is Hossain's shalwar kameez that Parvana tries on?

2. In Chapter 2, what color is the outfit that Parvana's mother says they need to sell?

3. In Chapter 1, what color uniform did Parvana remember wearing to school?

4. In Chapter 5, if anyone asks, where will they say that Parvana has gone?

5. In Chapter 1, what was Parvana's mother's job before the Taliban came?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what did Mother tell Father when he tried to get her out into the city?

2. In Chapter 5, what happens when Parvana goes to the market?

3. In Chapter 3, what does Parvana miss and why?

4. Who is Mrs. Weera?

5. What happens at the end of Chapter 2?

6. What happens in Chapter 6 when Parvana goes to the market dressed as a boy?

7. In Chapter 4, what did Mother do after returning home from the prison?

8. In Chapter 1, why does Father need Parvana to help him walk?

9. In Chapter 6, how does Parvana feel and see herself after her hair is cut?

10. In Chapter 2, what are Mother and Nooria always doing and why?

(see the answer keys)

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