Worksheets"The Breadwinner"
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
A law or rule is also called...
Freedom
Regulation
Parcel
Fortress
An extremely bad smell is called...
Long strides
A stench
Acting obediently
A breeze
Who is the main character in the book?
Nooria
Parvana
Shauzia
The Talib
What does Parvana do to provide for her family?
Join the Taliban
Dresses as a girl
Learns how to cook
Dresses as a boy
How was Parvana's older brother, Hossain, killed?
A drought
The Taliban
A land mine
A bad heart
Under the Taliban instituted laws, women and girls...
Have to wear a burqa and be escorted by a male in public
Can go to school
Can freely come and go from their homes
Enjoy the same freedoms as men
Where does Shauzia want to go?
The United States
France
Italy
England
What was Parvana's name as a boy?
Dari
Shauzia
Kaseem
Pashtu
Parvana does not know Shauzia before she meets her in the market place.
True
False
Father does not agree with the Taliban and thinks that women and girls should be educated.
True
False
What is the name of a flat sleeping mat used like a mattress or cot?
Pakul
Nan
Toshak
Looters
What word means one or a group of persons who accompanies another? (Women needed this to go outside)
Escort
Embroidered
Gleaming
Latrine
In the novel, ________ has invaded Kabul and instituted very restrictive laws.
Shauzia
Burqa
The Taliban
Nooria
Which character decides to get married because she will be able to move where there is no Taliban?
Mother
Mrs. Weera
Nooria
Maryam
Who is Parvana's old classmate that works with her in the marketplace?
Mother
Ali
Nooria
Shauzia
What does Parvana and Shauzia do to make more money to buy trays?
Work in a shop
Sell drinks at the soccer game
Dig up bones
Work as school teachers
Who escapes from Mazar when the Taliban invade?
Homa
Maryam
Mrs. Weera
Shauzia
It's Parvana's idea to dress up as a boy to provide for her family.
True
False
Parvana keeps her shalwar kameez to wear when she dresses like a girl.
True
False
What word means crying?
Sobs
Emerged
Rummaged
Forbade
