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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 had been Parvana's favorite subject in school?

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

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

4. In Chapter 3, what is the name of the prison where Mother and Parvana walk?

5. In Chapter 1, what grade was Parvana in when she had to leave school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 3, what does Parvana miss and why?

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 3, what happens when Parvana and her mother go to the prison to find Father?

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

9. In Chapter 1, what changes in Parvana's family's life occured after the Taliban came?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Taliban have made Kabul a war zone. In what way are Parvana and her family living in a war zone? What examples of inhumanity does the family observe? How does kindness and humanity exist even in those difficult times?

Essay Topic 2

Father tells the story of a battle in 1880. Why does Father tell that story? What is the significance of the girl in the story to Parvana’s life?

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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