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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, why is Parvana at the Kabul market?

2. In Chapter 2, what did a soldier use to hit Mother on the head?

3. How old is Nooria in Chapter 5?

4. In Chapter 1, what had been Parvana's favorite subject in school?

5. In Chapter 1, how many rooms are in Parvana's family's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 3, why did Parvana ask to write a note?

3. In Chapter 6, what do Mrs. Weera and Mother decide to do so that Parvana can go to the market?

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

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

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

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

8. What happens at the end of Chapter 2?

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

10. In Chapter 1, why is Parvana not to be outside?

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

The story centers around Parvana. What type of narrator tells the story? How does the point of view affect the story and what readers know about characters and events?

Essay Topic 3

Changes in the family allow them more opportunity to do things. What changes are there in Parvana’s family that allows them to have some freedom? What opportunities for freedom are there under the Taliban?

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