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"The Breadwinner"

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A law or rule is also called...

a)

Freedom

b)

Regulation

c)

Parcel

d)

Fortress

2.

An extremely bad smell is called...

a)

Long strides

b)

A stench

c)

Acting obediently

d)

A breeze

3.

Who is the main character in the book?

a)

Nooria

b)

Parvana

c)

Shauzia

d)

The Talib

4.

What does Parvana do to provide for her family?

a)

Join the Taliban

b)

Dresses as a girl

c)

Learns how to cook

d)

Dresses as a boy

5.

How was Parvana's older brother, Hossain, killed?

a)

A drought

b)

The Taliban

c)

A land mine

d)

A bad heart

6.

Under the Taliban instituted laws, women and girls...

a)

Have to wear a burqa and be escorted by a male in public

b)

Can go to school

c)

Can freely come and go from their homes

d)

Enjoy the same freedoms as men

7.

Where does Shauzia want to go?

a)

The United States

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

England

8.

What was Parvana's name as a boy?

a)

Dari

b)

Shauzia

c)

Kaseem

d)

Pashtu

9.

Parvana does not know Shauzia before she meets her in the market place.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Father does not agree with the Taliban and thinks that women and girls should be educated.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What is the name of a flat sleeping mat used like a mattress or cot?

a)

Pakul

b)

Nan

c)

Toshak

d)

Looters

12.

What word means one or a group of persons who accompanies another? (Women needed this to go outside)

a)

Escort

b)

Embroidered

c)

Gleaming

d)

Latrine

13.

In the novel, ________ has invaded Kabul and instituted very restrictive laws.

a)

Shauzia

b)

Burqa

c)

The Taliban

d)

Nooria

14.

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

a)

Mother

b)

Mrs. Weera

c)

Nooria

d)

Maryam

15.

Who is Parvana's old classmate that works with her in the marketplace?

a)

Mother

b)

Ali

c)

Nooria

d)

Shauzia

16.

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

a)

Work in a shop

b)

Sell drinks at the soccer game

c)

Dig up bones

d)

Work as school teachers

17.

Who escapes from Mazar when the Taliban invade?

a)

Homa

b)

Maryam

c)

Mrs. Weera

d)

Shauzia

18.

It's Parvana's idea to dress up as a boy to provide for her family.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Parvana keeps her shalwar kameez to wear when she dresses like a girl.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

What word means crying?

a)

Sobs

b)

Emerged

c)

Rummaged

d)

Forbade