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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 5, who does Parvana run into when she is running from a solider?

2. In Chapter 5, how long has mother been lying on the toshak?

3. In Chapter 5, what does Parvana buy first when she goes to get food?

4. In Chapter 2, in steps how big is the apartment where Parvana and her family live?

5. In Chapter 5, what does the cap look like that Parvana's mother gives her to wear?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, how does Mrs. Weera help Parvana and her family?

2. In Chapter 2, what are Mother and Nooria always doing and why?

3. In Chapter 6, what does Parvana wear and how do the clothes fit?

4. In Chapter 5, what happens when Parvana goes to the market?

5. In Chapter 6, how does Parvana feel and see herself after her hair is cut?

6. In Chapter 1, what changes in Parvana's family's life occured after the Taliban came?

7. In Chapter 1, why is Parvana not to be outside?

8. In Chapter 3, what does Parvana miss and why?

9. In Chapter 3, why did Parvana ask to write a note?

10. In Chapter 4, what did Mother tell Father when he tried to get her out into the city?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mother decides to sell Parvana’s red shalwar kameez. What does the outfit symbolize to Parvana at the time Mother decides to sell it? How does that symbolism change? What does the outfit symbolize by the time that Parvana sells it by bargaining with a buyer?

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

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?

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