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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 7, who is Parvana supposed to say she is if anyone asks her who she is while she is at the market?
(a) Father's nephew, Kaseem.
(b) Father's nephew, Faisal.
(c) Mother's nephew, Jalal.
(d) Mother's nephew, Abdul.

2. In Chapter 12, what does Parvana want to do?
(a) Go back to their big house.
(b) Go back to being a girl.
(c) Find her father and get him back.
(d) Be an ordinary kid and go to school.

3. 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?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

4. In Chapter 12, what body of water does Shauzia plan to cross to get where she wants to go?
(a) Mediterrean Sea.
(b) Arabian Sea.
(c) Black Sea.
(d) Caspian Sea.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, who does Shauzia plan to travel with to Pakistan?

2. In Chapter 8, what does one of the tea boys nearly run into while Parvana is watching?

3. In Chapter 10, where does Parvana hide the money she is saving?

4. In Chapter 11, what does Parvana do with the lunch her mother gives her when she is digging up bones?

5. In Chapter 8, what do Mrs. Weera and Mother plan to start together?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 12, what is it like where Shauzia lives?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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