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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 Parvana use to move Mrs. Weera's belongings?
2. In Chapter 7, who is Parvana supposed to say she is if anyone asks her who she is while she is at the market?
3. In Chapter 9, what does the girl that Parvana sees tell her to call her?
4. At the end of Chapter 11, what does Parvana see a young Talib man carrying on a rope?
5. In Chapter 11, why was Parvana's family worried when she did not come home for lunch?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 12, what sounds does Parvana hear the window above her place in the marketplace?
2. In Chapter 11, what do Parvana and Shauzia see in the sports stadium, and who tries to protect them?
3. In Chapter 7, what is Parvana asked to read, and who asks her to read?
4. In Chapter 12, what is it like where Shauzia lives?
5. 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?
6. In Chapter 10, what do Parvana and Shauzia decide to do with the money they earn digging bones?
7. In Chapter 12, why is Shauzia saving money?
8. What does Nooria say in Chapter 11 when Mother says that Parvana cannot continue digging up bones?
9. In Chapter 8, how will Mother and Mrs. Weera publish their magazine?
10. In Chapter 10, why is Parvana afraid to go in a ruined building to go to the bathroom?
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
Parvana considers the future as the novel ends. How does Parvana view the future as she and her father leave Kabul? Is Parvana prepared to face the unknown future that lies before her?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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