The Breadwinner Chapters 10-12

What job did Shauzia and Parvana begin to do to earn more money?

• Shauzia and Parvana began to dig up bones from a cemetary that had been bombed.

• Shauzia and Parvana began to sell items from a tray in the market.

• Shauzia and Parvana began running errands for vendors in the market.

Why is needing to go to the bathroom such a big deal when "the girls" are out digging bones?

• There are landmines in and around the bone digging area

• They are out all day, and they can't hold it for that long

• They are girls, and they can't go just anywhere because they will be found out.

• All of the above are correct

How much money did the first pile of bones got them?

• as much as one day at the market

• working for the whole month

• working for 6 months

• as much as she made three days at the market

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

• buys candy

• keeps half and gives half to her family

• buys back her red shalwar kameez

• buys a tray

Why did Parvana confess to her mother that she had been digging up bones that day?

• Her mother continuously scolded her for being late and threatened not to allow her to work anymore.

• Mrs. Weera convinced her to tell the truth.

• She got so upset by what she had seen and done in the graveyard that she cried and told her the truth.

• She and Shauzia had promised each other to tell the truth to their families.

Who sticks up for Parvana when her mother tells her to stop digging up bones?

• Nooria

• Her father

• Maryam

• Mrs. Weera

Why did mother finally agree to let Parvana continue digging up bones?

• Mrs. Weera told her that Parvana's father wasn't around and it was a way for the family to get by and survive.

• She found out that Parvana wouldn't be alone in the graveyard and Shauzia would be with her at all times.

• Parvana had shown her all the money she had earned that day.

• Nooria agreed to join Parvana to make sure she would be safe.

Why did Shauzia and Parvana go to the stadium?

• Someone told them they would sell a lot of things there.

• They wanted to watch a soccer game.

• They saw a huge crowd heading there and thought they could get more customers.

• They wanted to take a break from the streets of the marketplace.

What do Shauzia and Parvana start selling?

• Things they found in their house

• Their clothes from before they started dressing like boys

• Cigarettes, gum, and matches

• Forged letters

Parvana and Shauzia discover Taliban soldiers ________ Afghan thieves at the stadium.

• cutting the legs off

• hanging

• beating

• cutting the hands off