The Breadwinner Chapters 9 & 10 - 0 Period

Who is Shauzia?

• An old school friend

• A girl on her soccer team

• Her mother

What does Parvana realize when she meets Shauzia?

• Shauzia doesn't look like a boy

• There are other people like her in Kabul

• Her mind is blank

Why did Parvana not criticize her sister Nooria when Mrs Weera was talking about the secret school?

• She saw cows in the backyard

• She had made a New Year's resolution

• She hadn't Nooria so excited for so long

Why is Parvana so definite when she says 'My father is coming back!'? (When talking to Shauzia)

• She refuses to give up hope

• She has just had good news from him

• There were cows in her backyard - a good sign.

What is the new way of making money Shauzia found out about?

• selling sea shells in the market

• digging up bones

• selling tea to the Taliban

• stealing

Where did they have to go for their new way of making money?

• the cemetary

• Pakistan

• the ocean

• Taliban headquarters

What is Shauzia and Parvana's new mascot?

• a stray dog

• a turtle shell

• a stray cat

• a skull

Parvana is faced with three choices for going to the bathroom. Which is NOT one of them.

• pea her pants

• wait until she gets home

• go to the bathroom out int he open where others might see her

• walk through a doorway where she would be hidden

Why was the choice of where and when to go to the bathroom so difficult?

• she had to go #2

• there could be landmines through the doorway and she could explode

• another boy had been watching them suspiciously and she was scared he knew she was a girl

• they were not allowed bathroom breaks

What does Parvana do with the money on the first day of her new job?

• buys a tray

• buys back her red shalwar kameez

• keeps half and gives half to her family

• buys candy