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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 8, what do Mrs. Weera and Mother plan to start together?
2. In Chapter 12, who does Shauzia plan to travel with to Pakistan?
3. At the end of Chapter 8, who trips and falls in front of Parvana?
4. In Chapter 11, what does Parvana do with the lunch her mother gives her when she is digging up bones?
5. In Chapter 8, where has Mrs. Weera been living?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 8, how will Mother and Mrs. Weera publish their magazine?
2. In Chapter 12, why is Shauzia saving money?
3. In Chapter 7, what story is Parvana to tell if anyone asks her who she is at the market, and why she is there?
4. In Chapter 8, where does Shauzia live and with whom?
5. In Chapter 7, what is Parvana asked to read, and who asks her to read?
6. In Chapter 12, what sounds does Parvana hear the window above her place in the marketplace?
7. In Chapter 12, what is it like where Shauzia lives?
8. In Chapter 7, what item does Mrs. Weera still have that she is proud of?
9. In Chapter 11, what do Parvana and Shauzia see in the sports stadium, and who tries to protect them?
10. In Chapter 7, what does Parvana find on her blanket at the end of a day that she thinks comes from the window behind where she sits every day?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sometimes the author leaves readers wondering what will happen next at the end of a chapter. What type of literary device is used when an author leaves readers wonder what will happen at the end of a chapter? How is a cliffhanger intended to build suspense? Does the use of cliffhangers in The Breadwinner increase suspense?
Essay Topic 2
The Breadwinner is a story that could have happened. Why is the genre of the novel historical fiction rather than realistic fiction?
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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