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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 4, what does Parvana eat after returning from the prison and sleeping?

2. In Chapter 5, how do they plan to have Parvana go to the market?

3. In Chapter 3, what does Parvana hide in her chador?

4. In Chapter 2, how many soldiers come and take away Father?

5. In Chapter 5, what group does Parvana remember that Mrs. Weera was in with Parvana's mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, what is the inside of the apartment like where Parvana and her family live?

3. In Chapter 4, what did Mother tell Father when he tried to get her out into the city?

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

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

6. What happens in Chapter 6 when Parvana goes to the market dressed as a boy?

7. In Chapter 4, how does Ali act when his mother is sleeping so much?

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

9. In Chapter 3, what order of the Taliban did Father refuse to follow and why?

10. In Chapter 1, what is the place like where Parvana and her family live?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the beginning of the novel Nooria and Parvana often argue. How would you describe the relationship between the girls at the beginning of the novel? How and why does their relationship change in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

After going to the prison, Mother sleeps and cries for many days. What is Mother’s condition when she returns from the prison? Why does she withdraw from life? What is revealed about emotional shock and depression through her actions?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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