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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what does Parvana find on her blanket when she is about to shake it out and go home?
(a) Yellow embroidered wool.
(b) Green embroidered wool.
(c) Gray embroidered wool.
(d) White enbroidered wool.

2. At the end of Chapter 11, what does Parvana see a young Talib man carrying on a rope?
(a) Severed hands.
(b) Severed fingers.
(c) Watches.
(d) Necklaces.

3. In Chapter 12, what does Parvana want to do?
(a) Go back to being a girl.
(b) Find her father and get him back.
(c) Go back to their big house.
(d) Be an ordinary kid and go to school.

4. In Chapter 12, how often do the things that Parvana and Shauzia saw at the stadium happen?
(a) Every Friday.
(b) Every Sunday.
(c) Every Saturday.
(d) Every Thursday.

5. In Chapter 12, what season is it?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, when does Shauzia want to try to leave?

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

3. In Chapter 8, who does Parvana see when she looks through the window near where she sits in the marketplace each day?

4. In Chapter 11, who speaks up when Mother forbids Parvana to dig up bones again to persuade her to allow Parvana to continue?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nooria say in Chapter 11 when Mother says that Parvana cannot continue digging up bones?

2. In Chapter 11, what does Mrs. Weera say that bones can be used for?

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

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

5. In Chapter 8, what does Shauzia tell Parvana about her family and the work she is doing?

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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