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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 5, what is the smell that Mrs. Weera noticed in Parvana's family's apartment?
(a) The toilet.
(b) Food scraps.
(c) Dirty diapers.
(d) Dirty clothes.

2. In Chapter 3, what is the name of the prison where Mother and Parvana walk?
(a) Ghazni Prison.
(b) Pul-i-Charkhi Prison.
(c) Sarposa Prison.
(d) Kunduz Prison.

3. In Chapter 5, what group does Parvana remember that Mrs. Weera was in with Parvana's mother?
(a) Afghan Women's Mission.
(b) Afghan Women's Union.
(c) Afghan Women for Women.
(d) Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan.

4. In Chapter 4, what does Parvana dream about after she and Mother return home from the prison?
(a) Her father.
(b) The scene at the prison.
(c) Walking.
(d) Soldiers.

5. In Chapter 1, what grade was Parvana in when she had to leave school?
(a) 5th.
(b) 6th.
(c) 9th.
(d) 7th.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, who cuts Parvana's hair?

2. In Chapter 1, what had been Parvana's favorite subject in school?

3. In Chapter 1, what name does Parvana's father give to the mountain that can be seen from their neighborhood?

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

5. In Chapter 1, during how much of Parvana's life had bombs fallen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 5, how does Mrs. Weera help Parvana and her family?

4. In Chapter 3, what happens when Parvana and her mother go to the prison to find Father?

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

6. In Chapter 1, what changes in Parvana's family's life occured after the Taliban came?

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

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

9. In Chapter 3, what order of the Taliban did Father refuse to follow and why?

10. In Chapter 5, how does Parvana get away from a soldier in the market?

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