The Breadwinner Novel

Which character decides to get married because she will be able to move where there is no Taliban?

• Mother

• Mrs. Weera

• Nooria

• Maryam

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does Parvana and Shauzia do to make more money to buy trays?

• Work in a shop

• Sell drinks at the soccer game

• Dig up bones

• Work as school teachers

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who escapes from Mazar when the Taliban invade?

• Homa

• Maryam

• Mrs. Weera

• Shauzia

The setting of the novel takes places in________________.

• Kabul, Afghanistan
• Jalalabad, Afghanistan
• Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan
• Islamabad, Pakistan

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What was the author's purpose for including the scene with Parvana reading the letter for the Talib?

• To show a different side of the Taliban.
• To show how Talib's aren't educated.
• To help the reader hate the Taliban
• None of the above

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Parvana rode a truck with her father to go to find her mother and siblings. As they left Kabul, what did they see?

• The prison where her father was held
• Mount Parvana
• A soccer game
• The woman in the window

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

  Why is it important to limit the power of government?

•  So people can live without government.
• So that people cannot control the economy.
• So government can decide how people are treated
• So the government cannot take advantage of people

When the Taliban took over Kabul, which element of culture do they forbid or make illegal?

• Food
• Music
• Religion
• Language

What is point of view?

• The lesson in the story

• The perspective of the narrator

• The problem of the plot

• Where and when the story takes place

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which genre best describes The Breadwinner?

• nonfiction

• historical fiction

• fantasy

• realistic fiction