Chapter 5 Review

Reorder the events from the chapter that you read.

• Mariam sleeps outside her father's door, in the cold.

• Mariam sees her father peek at her through a window, then shut it closed.

• Mariam meets one of her half-sisters and a chauffeur, who won't let her in

• Mariam walks to Herat by herself, shows up at her dad's door.

• Mariam asks her father to take her to the movies.

How can Point of View impact our understanding of a text? (Look back at our notes from yesterday)

What does Mariam want for her birthday?

• A brand new necklace from Jalil

• To live with Jalil and her other siblings

• To go to school

• To see the movie "Pinocchio" with her father and half-siblings

What does Mariam's mother threaten will happen if she leaves?

• Jalil will marry her off to an ugly rich man

• Jalil will steal her from Nana

• Nana will die from heartbreak

• Mariam will get lost

How does Mariam play with pebbles?

• She arranges them in lines, and pretends they're her and her siblings

• She throws them at Nana

• She builds miniature cities out of them

• She throws them at the birds and lizards that pass by