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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 11, who speaks up when Mother forbids Parvana to dig up bones again to persuade her to allow Parvana to continue?
(a) Shauzia.
(b) Maryam.
(c) Nooria.
(d) Mrs. Weera.

2. In Chapter 11, what do Parvana and Shauzia think is going on at the sports stadium?
(a) Cricket.
(b) Buzkashi.
(c) Soccer game.
(d) Track and field events.

3. In Chapter 11, what do Parvana and Shauzia see happening in the sport stadium?
(a) A Taliban firing squad.
(b) People beheaded.
(c) People fighting.
(d) Thieves being punished.

4. In Chapter 8, how many are left of the Weera family?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 11.

5. In Chapter 8, what does one of the tea boys nearly run into while Parvana is watching?
(a) Karachi.
(b) Tea stand.
(c) Donkey.
(d) Vegetable stand.

6. In Chapter 8, who does Parvana see when she looks through the window near where she sits in the marketplace each day?
(a) A small girl.
(b) A small boy.
(c) A woman.
(d) An old man.

7. In Chapter 7, to whom is the letter addressed that Parvana reads?
(a) Aliah Durani.
(b) Fatima Azima.
(c) Camila Hussaini.
(d) Madina Niazai.

8. In Chapter 12, what color flowers did Shauzia see in a picture of the place that she wants to go?
(a) Purple.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

9. In Chapter 9, what happened to Shauzia's father?
(a) Died in a bombing.
(b) Died from a gunshot wound.
(c) Died of pneumonia.
(d) Died of a bad heart.

10. In Chapter 9, how long has Shauzia been working as a tea boy?
(a) 8 months.
(b) 7 months.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 6 months.

11. In Chapter 10, how many buildings are intact near the cemetery where Parvana and Shauzia go?
(a) 3 to 4.
(b) A few.
(c) 5 or 6.
(d) None.

12. In Chapter 12, what does Parvana try to learn from Nooria?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Mending.
(c) Essay writing.
(d) Algebra.

13. In Chapter 7, who wants Parvana to read a letter?
(a) A young woman with a baby.
(b) Taliban soldier.
(c) An old woman.
(d) An old man.

14. In Chapter 8, where has Mrs. Weera been living?
(a) In a ruined building near the marketplace.
(b) An abandoned animal pen.
(c) An abandoned school.
(d) Room in the basement of a ruined building.

15. In Chapter 10, what do Parvana and Shauzia use to dig up bones?
(a) Broken trowels.
(b) Rough boards.
(c) Their hands.
(d) Shovel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 11, why was Parvana's family worried when she did not come home for lunch?

3. In Chapter 7, who is Parvana supposed to say she is if anyone asks her who she is while she is at the market?

4. In Chapter 9, who does Shauzia say in her family disappeared after being arrested?

5. In Chapter 8, what do Mrs. Weera and Mother plan to start together?

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