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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 11, why was Parvana's family worried when she did not come home for lunch?
(a) They thought she had been hurt.
(b) They thought she was arrested.
(c) They thought she had got lost.
(d) They thought she stepped on a land mine.

2. In Chapter 8, for how long each day after lunch do Parvana, Nooria, Ali, and Maryam go outside?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 45 minutes.
(c) An hour.
(d) 30 minutes.

3. 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.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 10, how many times does the bone broker have to fill the bucket on his scales in order to weigh all of Parvana and Shauzia's bones?

3. In Chapter 11, what do Parvana and Shauzia decide to sell on their trays?

4. In Chapter 12, what body of water does Shauzia plan to cross to get where she wants to go?

5. At the end of Chapter 7, what is the weather?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what story is Parvana to tell if anyone asks her who she is at the market, and why she is there?

2. In Chapter 7, what is Parvana asked to read, and who asks her to read?

3. In Chapter 8, what does Shauzia tell Parvana about her family and the work she is doing?

4. In Chapter 7, what item does Mrs. Weera still have that she is proud of?

5. What does Nooria say in Chapter 11 when Mother says that Parvana cannot continue digging up bones?

6. In Chapter 8, what does Parvana discover an old classmate doing in the market?

7. In Chapter 11, what do Parvana and Shauzia see in the sports stadium, and who tries to protect them?

8. In Chapter 11, what does Parvana do when Mother asks where she was and says that she was terrified for her safety?

9. In Chapter 10, what do Parvana and Shauzia decide to do with the money they earn digging bones?

10. In Chapter 8, how will Mother and Mrs. Weera publish their magazine?

(see the answer keys)

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