WorksheetsBreadwinner final test
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 49mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Where does The Breadwinner take place?
a)
Afghanastan
b)
China
c)
Russia
2.
How old is Parvana?
a)
16
b)
2
c)
11
3.
Who is Parvana's big sister?
a)
Nooria
b)
Ali
c)
Maryam
4.
Who is the heroine that inspires young girls in Afghanistan?
a)
Parvana
b)
Malali
c)
Shafiq
5.
Who was killed by a landmine?
a)
Ali
b)
Shauzia
c)
Hossain
6.
What is the name of the woman Parvana finds in the bombed out shelter?
a)
Homa
b)
Nooria
c)
Mrs. Weera
7.
Which is NOT a job Parvana does in the book?
a)
Washes laundry for the soldiers
b)
digs up bones
c)
sells cigarettes
8.
Why did Parvana not want to attend Nooria's wedding?
a)
She did not get along with her sister.
b)
She was greedy and wanted to make money.
c)
She wanted to be home if father came looking for them.
9.
What is mother's name?
a)
Shafiq
b)
Kaseem
c)
Fatana
10.
A cushioned mat for sleep
a)
burqa
b)
toshak
c)
chador
11.
Shauzia tells Parvana they will meet in twenty years. Where?
a)
Paris
b)
Kabul
c)
Mazar
12.
Why was Parvana's father arrested?
a)
He was a thief.
b)
He was educated.
c)
He fought the Taliban.
13.
What was Mrs. Weera's job before the Taliban took over?
a)
English teacher
b)
grandmother
c)
gym teacher
14.
How does Mother and Mrs. Weera publish their articles?
a)
They send them to the publisher
b)
They smuggle them out of the country
c)
They send them to the university
15.
How had Kabul changed due to the war?
a)
Kabul has not changed
b)
Kabul has been rebuilt and looks beautiful.
c)
Kabul had been bombed and it is in ruins.
d)
None of the above
16.
How did the rule of the Taliban change the lives of Parvana's family?
a)
The women had to stay inside and could not go to school.
b)
The men had to stay at home and women had to work.
c)
It made them rich.
d)
Everyone had to have a college education.
17.
What was the author's purpose for including the scene with Parvana reading the letter for the Talib?
a)
To show a different side of the Taliban.
b)
To show how Talib's aren't educated.
c)
To help the reader hate the Taliban
d)
None of the above
18.
What is the new job Parvana and Shauzia have decided to try?
a)
Selling tea
b)
Digging up bones
c)
Reading letters
d)
Teach school
19.
What happens at the soccer stadium?
a)
Thieves were getting their arms cut off
b)
another market
c)
a soccer game
d)
bone digging
20.
What did the men bring Parvana's father home in?
a)
He was brought home in a car
b)
He didn't come home
c)
They used a karachi
d)
He was dragged
21.
When the Taliban took over Kabul, which element of culture do they forbid or make illegal?
a)
Food
b)
Music
c)
Religion
d)
Language
22.
Men during the Taliban's rule would sometimes take what possession from their wives because they "really didn't need it?"
a)
their shalwar kameez
b)
their books
c)
their Netflix account
d)
their false legs
23.
Nan is
a)
Afghan bread
b)
A long, tent-like garment the Taliban made women where whenever they went outside
c)
One of the two main languages spoken in Afghanistan
d)
A narrow mattress used in many Afghan homes
24.
While in the marketplace, in addition to trying to sell items, Father also
a)
performs tricks
b)
reads and writes letters for people for money
c)
sells nan
d)
teaches history
25.
Parvana's father used to work as a ______ before the Taliban took over.
a)
High School Biology Teacher
b)
Magazine editor
c)
High School Principal
d)
High School History Teacher
26.
A burqa is
a)
A long, tent-like garment the Taliban made women wear whenever they went outside
b)
A piece of cloth worn by women and girls to cover their hair
c)
Afghan bread
d)
A long, loose shirt and pants, worn by both men and women
27.
Parvana loves when her father tells stories. Her favorite story is about a brave person named Malali. She
a)
encouraged the Afghan troops to face the British even though they wanted to give up.
b)
went to school even though she wasn't supposed to according to Taliban law.
c)
fought for Afghanistan while disguised as a teenage boy.
d)
encouraged the British troops to take over the Afghan troops.
28.
What item(s) does Parvana realize she must protect while the Taliban are raiding their home?
a)
Her red shalwar kameez
b)
The family's photo albums
c)
Father's books
d)
The family's last bag of rice
29.
Into whom did Parvana run while while trying to escape from the Talib in the marketplace?
a)
Father
b)
Shauzia
c)
Hossain
d)
Mrs. Weera
30.
What point of view is the story written in and who is telling the story?
a)
3rd person limited (Parvana)
b)
3rd person limited (Nooria)
c)
1st person (Mother)
d)
3rd person omniscient
31.
Who gave Parvana several small gifts?
a)
Nooria
b)
Shauzia
c)
The window woman
32.
What was Shauzia's first job?
a)
A house cleaner
b)
A tea boy
c)
A fortune teller
33.
What secret project is Mrs. Weera thinking about starting in Chapter 9, which will involve the help of Mother and Nooria as well?
a)
A school
b)
A music group
c)
A magazine for the Taliban to read in order to understand the harm they are causing to the women of Afghanistan
d)
A group of other girls who disguise themselves as boys in order to help the neighbors
34.
What object does Father suggest covers Afghanistan as much, if not more, than flowers?
a)
Peach trees
b)
Bullet casings
c)
Bones
d)
Landmines
35.
What does Parvana hear from the house the Window Woman lives?
a)
A man shouting and a woman crying and screaming
b)
A man and a woman crying out with joy
c)
A woman shouting
d)
A baby crying
36.
What is the genre (type of story) of The Breadwinner?
a)
non fiction (a factual, informative account of something; everything actually happened or is fact)
b)
historical fiction (parts of the story are real/actually happened/historically accurate, but some parts are made up)
c)
fantasy (a made up story involving magical or unrealistic things)
d)
realistic fiction (a made up story but all of the events could happen)
37.
Who leaves with Nooria to Mazar?
a)
Mother, Ali, and Maryam
b)
Mother
c)
Ali and Maryam
d)
Mother and Mrs. Weera
38.
What is the troubling news that Homa shares with Parvana and Mrs. Weera when she finally tells them who she is?
a)
That the Taliban have invaded Pakistan
b)
That she saw Parvana's family be killed
c)
That the Taliban have invaded Mazar
d)
That she is pregnant and her husband has been killed
39.
What does Parvana plan to leave for the Window Woman to let her know she won't be back?
a)
Wildflowers planted in her old spot in the market
b)
A pile of the objects she has shared with Parvana over the past year
c)
A tree planted in her old spot in the market
d)
A skull that she kept from her time as a grave digger
40.
What cover story does the family come up with to explain Parvana now that she's been disguised as a boy?
a)
She is Mother's nephew, Kaseem, who has come to stay with the family while Father is ill.
b)
She is Father's nephew, Kaseem, who has come to stay with the family while Father is ill.
c)
She is Father's nephew, Kaseem, who has come to stay with the family while Father is in jail.
d)
She is Father's younger brother, Kaseem, who has come to stay with the family while Father is in jail.
41.
What does Parvana discover one day after helping up a tea boy who tripped in front of her in the market?
a)
That the tea boy was actually her cousin, Kaseem.
b)
That the tea boy was actually her long, lost brother, Hossain.
c)
That the tea boy was a boy from her class that everyone thought was dead.
d)
That the tea boy was actually a girl from her class.
42.
Why was it possibly dangerous for the girls to go to the bathroom when they were in the cemetery?
a)
they might get blown up by a landmine
b)
the portable toilets could cause them to contract (catch) a disease
c)
It was dangerous for two reasons: someone might figure out that they were girls and not boys AND they might get blown up by a landmine
d)
someone might figure out they were girls and not boys
43.
What does Shauzia ask Parvana to do after she reveals her secret plan?
a)
To join her as she stop disguising as a boy and stands up to the Taliban
b)
To join her as she fights to get Parvana's father out of prison
c)
To join her as she escapes to France
d)
To join her as she escapes to Pakistan
44.
Why does Nooria want to get married?
a)
She wants to have children and start a school in order to home school them herself
b)
She's in love with the Taliban solider she is set to marry
c)
She's in love with a friend from childhood whom she is set to marry
d)
She wants to get away from the Taliban and attend school
45.
What was something very dangerous about how the woman Parvana found looked?
a)
She was dressed as a man
b)
Her hair was extremely short
c)
She wasn't wearing a shalwar kameez
d)
She wasn't wearing a burqa
46.
What plans do Shauzia's grandparents have for her?
a)
To become a shepherd girl
b)
To go to Mazar and get her education
c)
To get married
d)
To go with Mrs. Weera to Pakistan
47.
What does Mrs. Weera show Parvana just before she leaves?
a)
A photograph of her family that she plans to frame one day when the Taliban no longer rule
b)
A place where she has planted wildflowers in order to leave some beauty behind
c)
Copies of the magazine Mrs. Weera and Mother helped create
d)
A book that Mrs. Weera wrote about her life under the Taliban
48.
Poverty is not an issue in Afghanistan.
a)
True
b)
False
49.
Muslim movement, fundamentalist group
a)
Pashtu
b)
Dari
c)
Taliban
50.
“We are the most welcoming, hospitable people on earth. A guest to us is a king. You girls remember that. When a guest comes to your house, he must have the best of everything...or she. We Afghans do everything we can to make our guest comfortable” (Ellis 32). What character trait BEST fits the father based off of this passage?
a)
Compassionate
b)
Blunt
c)
Serious
d)
Funny
51.
“‘If you had fetched it yesterday, when Mother asked you, you wouldn’t have so much to haul today,’ Nooria said as Parvana passed by her to get the water bucket. Nooria smiled her superior big-sister smile and flipped her hair back over her shoulders. Parvana wanted to kick her” (Ellis 25). What character trait BEST fits Nooria based off of this passage?
a)
Impatient
b)
Ambitious
c)
Serious
d)
Arrogant
52.
“The soldiers were giants” (Ellis 34). Which literary device is BEST shown in the sentence?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Alliteration
d)
Simile
53.
“She could have swallowed a whole loaf in one gulp” (Ellis 54). Which literary device is BEST shown in the sentence?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Simile
d)
Personification
54.
The town’s ___________ of roads and passageways were confusing for people who did not know the area.
a)
billow
b)
labyrinth
c)
snippet
d)
militia
55.
Because she is scared and depressed over the actions of the soldiers, Parvana...
a)
...yells at Nooria and Mother.
b)
...stays home after visiting the stadium.
c)
...stops being friends with Shauzia.
d)
..stays to help clean up at the stadium.
56.
The author said that Parvana wanted to sit in a classroom and be bored by a geography lesson. Why would Parvana want that?
a)
She hated homework.
b)
She was bored at home.
c)
She didn't want to know any more about death or blood or pain.
d)
She forgot what school was like.
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