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

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

3. In Chapter 12, who does Shauzia plan to travel with to Pakistan?
(a) Herders.
(b) Shepherds.
(c) Camel drivers.
(d) Nomads.

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

5. In Chapter 12, what fruit does Parvana bring home for her family?
(a) Raisins.
(b) Apricots.
(c) Dates.
(d) Peaches and plums.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 8, who trips and falls in front of Parvana?

2. In Chapter 7, what is Parvana supposed to tell people happened to her father?

3. In Chapter 12, where does Shauzia want to go?

4. In Chapter 7, to whom is the letter addressed that Parvana reads?

5. In Chapter 9, what subject does Parvana think that Shauzia was better in at school than she was?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 10, why is Parvana afraid to go in a ruined building to go to the bathroom?

4. In Chapter 7, what does Parvana find on her blanket at the end of a day that she thinks comes from the window behind where she sits every day?

5. In Chapter 10, what does the cemetery look and smell like where Parvana and Shauzia go to dig up bones?

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

7. In Chapter 10, what does Shauzia say when Parvana asks if the people buried in the cemetery would mind being dug up?

8. In Chapter 11, what does Mrs. Weera say that bones can be used for?

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

10. In Chapter 12, how does Parvana spend some days at home?

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