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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 8, who does Parvana see when she looks through the window near where she sits in the marketplace each day?
(a) An old man.
(b) A small boy.
(c) A small girl.
(d) A woman.

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

3. In Chapter 11, what does Parvana secret friend give her the first morning back at her letter-reading post?
(a) Yellow wooden bead.
(b) Blue wooden bead.
(c) Red wooden bead.
(d) White wooden bead.

4. In Chapter 10, what do Parvana and Shauzia use to dig up bones?
(a) Rough boards.
(b) Broken trowels.
(c) Shovel.
(d) Their hands.

5. In Chapter 12, when does Shauzia want to try to leave?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, how long has Shauzia been working as a tea boy?

2. In Chapter 9, who does Shauzia, her mother, and her sisters live with?

3. In Chapter 8, what does a man tell Parvana when she mistakes him for her father?

4. In Chapter 10, how many buildings are intact near the cemetery where Parvana and Shauzia go?

5. In Chapter 10, how many days of Parvana's work would it take to equal what they earned for digging bones?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 7, where is Mrs. Weera living before she moves to lives with Parvana's family, and what does she say about the remaining members of her family?

3. In Chapter 8, where does Shauzia live and with whom?

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

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

6. In Chapter 7, what are Parvana's thoughts after she reads a letter for a Taliban soldier?

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

8. In Chapter 7, what will be everyone's responsibilities when Mrs. Weera moves in with Parvana's family?

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

10. In Chapter 7, what work does Mother suggest that Parvana do?

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