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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 10, how many days of Parvana's work would it take to equal what they earned for digging bones?

2. What type of birds do Parvana and Shauzia see at the cemetery in Chapter 10?

3. In Chapter 10 when Parvana and Shauzia have a full blanket of bones, how many skulls have they found?

4. In Chapter 11, what does Mother give Parvana to eat for lunch when she digs up bones?

5. In Chapter 12, what does Parvana coach Maryam on?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. In Chapter 12, how does Parvana spend some days at home?

3. In Chapter 10, why is Parvana afraid to go in a ruined building to go to the bathroom?

4. In Chapter 7, what work does Mother suggest that Parvana do?

5. In Chapter 10, what does the cemetery look and smell like where Parvana and Shauzia go to dig up bones?

6. In Chapter 7, where is Mrs. Weera living before she moves to lives with Parvana's family, and what does she say about the remaining members of her family?

7. In Chapter 12, what sounds does Parvana hear the window above her place in the marketplace?

8. In Chapter 11, what does Parvana do when Mother asks where she was and says that she was terrified for her safety?

9. In Chapter 10, what does Shauzia say when Parvana asks if the people buried in the cemetery would mind being dug up?

10. In Chapter 12, what is it like where Shauzia lives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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