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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 12, when does Shauzia want to try to leave?

2. In Chapter 11, what does Parvana secret friend give her the first morning back at her letter-reading post?

3. In Chapter 12, how often do the things that Parvana and Shauzia saw at the stadium happen?

4. In Chapter 9, how long has Parvana been going to the market dressed as a boy?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 8, where does Shauzia live and with whom?

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

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

4. In Chapter 7, what item does Mrs. Weera still have that she is proud of?

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

6. In Chapter 7, what is Parvana asked to read, and who asks her to read?

7. In Chapter 8, what does Parvana discover an old classmate doing in the market?

8. In Chapter 7, what are Parvana's thoughts after she reads a letter for a Taliban soldier?

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

10. In Chapter 11, what do Parvana and Shauzia see in the sports stadium, and who tries to protect them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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