WorksheetsThe Breadwinner Chapter 3
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who helped mother clean up the mess the Taliban made when they went into their home?
Nooria
Parvana
Ali
Nooria and Parvan
What did Parvana sweep up?
dirt
rice
beans
water
What did the family do minus Father after they finished cleaning up the mess?
continued to eat
went to sleep
went to their grandfather's house
fought the Taliban
What did Parvana imagine the noises to be that night?
Taliban
Father
Father and Taliban
Neither
How did the narrator describe father’s snoring?
Loud and crazy
Soft and Pleasant
Rough and Rugged
Weird and Whiny
What were the questions that Parvana had in her head about her father?
Where was father?
Did he have a soft place to sleep?
Was he hungry?
Was he scared?
All of the above
Why was one of Parvana’s aunts arrested?
she went outside without a man
protesting the Soviets
protesting the Taliban
protesting her family
Who said “You can’t truly be Afghan if you don’t know someone who has been put in prison.”?
Father
Parvana
Mother
Ali
What does Parvana want to do so Father can find his way home?
Send smoke signals
Open the doors
Light a candle in the window
Nothing
What did Parvana and her mother eat for breakfast before their journey to find Father?
chicken
nan
rice
beef stew
Why did Parvana and her mother have to walk to the jail instead of riding the bus?
they're poor
they don't know how to ride the bus
women can't ride the bus without a man
they took a taxi
Who wrote the note giving Mother permission to go out without an escort pretending it was from father?
Nooria
Parvana
Ali
Hossain
According to the book, do the people in the Taliban know how to read?
Yes
No
What did the women in the streets of Kabul wear?
Shalwar Kameez
Burqa
Jeans and sweatshirt
Business suits
Why did Parvana hold her breath when her mother showed people photos of her father?
it was a illegal
he was too ugly for photos
he didn't have a beard
he was old and not very photogenic
What is the name of the prison Parvana and her mother ended up at?
Mamattooto
Jalalabad
Pul-i-Charkhi
Kabul
ow did Parvana describe the prison?
A beautiful castle
A dark and ugly place
creepy
filled with rats
Who did Parvana continue to think about when she got scared?
Malali
Father
Nooria
Hossain
What did one of the soldiers do to Father's picture?
He ate it
He threw in it in the trash
He tore it up
He burned it
What did the soldiers do to Parvana's mother?
Arrested her
Gave her a ride home
Beat her
Stole her burqa
