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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what color uniform did Parvana remember wearing to school?

2. In Chapter 5, what does the cap look like that Parvana's mother gives her to wear?

3. In Chapter 1, where does Parvana think that some of her friends' families have fled?

4. In Chapter 5, what color hair does Mrs. Weera have?

5. In Chapter 5, who cuts Parvana's hair?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what does Parvana wear and how do the clothes fit?

2. In Chapter 6, how does Parvana feel and see herself after her hair is cut?

3. In Chapter 2, what are Mother and Nooria always doing and why?

4. In Chapter 4, what physical issues do Parvana and her mother have when they return home from the prison?

5. In Chapter 5, what happens when Parvana goes to the market?

6. In Chapter 5, how does Parvana get away from a soldier in the market?

7. In Chapter 2, how does Parvana have to get water for the family?

8. In Chapter 1, why does Father need Parvana to help him walk?

9. Who is Mrs. Weera?

10. In Chapter 5, how does Mrs. Weera help Parvana and her family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mother decides to sell Parvana’s red shalwar kameez. What does the outfit symbolize to Parvana at the time Mother decides to sell it? How does that symbolism change? What does the outfit symbolize by the time that Parvana sells it by bargaining with a buyer?

Essay Topic 2

Mrs. Weera becomes a part of Parvana’s family. What type of woman is Mrs. Weera? What difficulties has she faced since the Taliban took control? What is revealed about optimism through her character?

Essay Topic 3

Parvana is 11 years old. In what way is Parvana’s story a coming-of-age story? How and why does Parvana mature and grow in the novel?

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