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

2. In Chapter 5, how many trips does Parvana make to get water?

3. In Chapter 1, what language does Parvana speak best?

4. In Chapter 3, what does Parvana's mother tell the guards?

5. In Chapter 1, how long have Parvana, her mother, and sisters, been forced to stay home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 4, what did Mother do after returning home from the prison?

8. Who is Mrs. Weera?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mood is an element an author uses to evoke feeling in readers through the use of descriptive language. Does the mood of the novel change based upon what is happening in the story? What is the overall mood of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Parvana and Shauzia temporarily take on a difficult job to earn money quickly. What job do the girls perform? Why is the activity questionable? What does the author communicate about the morality of digging up bones from graves and selling them?

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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