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

2. In Chapter 11, what does Parvana do with the lunch her mother gives her when she is digging up bones?
(a) Eats it.
(b) Gives it to a beggar.
(c) Gives it to a boy working in the cemetery.
(d) Gives it to Shauzia.

3. In Chapter 7, who wants Parvana to read a letter?
(a) A young woman with a baby.
(b) Taliban soldier.
(c) An old woman.
(d) An old man.

4. In Chapter 9, what does Shauzia give Parvana after work?
(a) Raisins.
(b) Almonds.
(c) Walnuts.
(d) Apricots.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, how many days does Parvana stay home?

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

3. In Chapter 7, where is the letter from that Parvana is asked to read?

4. In Chapter 7, after Parvana makes a sale, how much longer does she stay in the marketplace before she leaves?

5. In Chapter 12, how often do the things that Parvana and Shauzia saw at the stadium happen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 12, why is Shauzia saving money?

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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