Parvana's Journey

What does Parvana's father die of?

• an illness
• a gunshot wound
• an infection
• a land-mine explosion

What seems to be the most upsetting to Parvana in Chapter 1?

• the fact that her father had died
• that she couldn't grieve properly for him
• that the rest of her family wasn't there to pay their respects
• that she ran out of rocks to cover his grave with

For how long did Parvana stay with the family that took her in after her father died?

• a couple of days
• about a week
• about two weeks
• almost a month

What did the village children want to show to Parvana?

• their playground equipment
• a downed plane
• a half-buried tank
• a secret cave

Why does Parvana leave the village?

• she hears news of her mother and sisters
• she gets into a fight with a boy
• her true gender identity is discovered
• she hears the village neighbors may sell her to the Taliban

For how many hours does Parvana walk after leaving the village?

• About 15 hours
• About 24 hours
• About 48 hours
• About 60 hours

When Parvana had traveled with her father, what had been their main mode of transportation?

• walking
• riding bicycles
• riding on the back of trucks
• riding buses

While traveling alone, what is Parvana in the habit of reciting out loud?

• The alphabet song
• The multiplication tables
• Poems she had memorized
• Parts of popular songs that she had memorized

What/who does Parvana hear wailing in an unearthly way?

• a baby left alone
• a starving cat
• a grieving woman
• an injured goat

What/who does Parvana making an unearthly wailing?

• a baby left alone
• a starving cat
• a grieving woman
• an injured goat