Chapter 1 The Breadwinner

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

1. "The Taliban had ordered all the girls and women in Afghanistan to stay inside their homes. They even forbade girls to go to school. " page 7. Using context clues what does forbade mean?

• Allowed

• Enforced

• Refused

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

2. "Tea boys ran back and forth into the labyrinth of the marketplace, carrying tea to customers...then running back again with empty cups"page 10. Using context clues was does labyrinth mean?

• Chador

• Maze

• Nan

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

3. "...when a customer saw Father's false leg on the blanket, he ignored the other things for sale and demanded to buy the leg. He offered such a good price that father eventually relented." page 16. Using context clues what does the word relented mean?

• Given in and sold the false leg.

• Refused to sell the leg.

• Moved on to another seller.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

4. "...Parvana and her father slowly made their way up the steps of their building...It had been hit in a rocket attack, and half of it was rubble....the stairs were damaged by a bomb..." page 18. Using context clues what does the word rubble mean?

• Fragments of concrete, stone, or brick caused by destruction.

• Parts or fragments of the rocket that hit the apartment building.

• Gem stones found in the broken up concrete.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

5. Who is telling the story? (The Protagonist)

• Parvana
• Nooria
• Parvana's father

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

6. Where is the setting of this novel?

• Mazar-Sharif, Afghanistan
• Kabul, Afghanistan
• Kandahar, Afghanistan

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

7. How has Parvana’s living conditions changed since the Taliban took control?(what was her house like before the Taliban) Restate Answer Cite Explain

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3