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The Breadwinner Review

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the conflict of the story?

a)

Parvana has to cut her hair.

b)

Nooria is always mean to Parvana.

c)

The family needs food from the market.

d)

Mrs. Weera doesn't visit anymore.

2.

It is ultimately whose choice for Parvana to cut her hair?

a)

Ms. Weera

b)

Noria

c)

Parvana

d)

Mother

3.

Which one of the following ideas is FALSE?

a)

Parvana believes that her haircut makes her face look nice.

b)

Mother and Mrs. Weera make Parvana cut her hair.

c)

Parvana's father is in prison.

d)

Parvana wears her brother Hossain's clothes.

4.

What was Parvana able to do as a boy that she could not do as a girl?

a)

help her mom in the house

b)

go to the market and buy necessities

c)

wear her hair in a pony tale

d)

go to stay with her aunt in Kunduz

5.

What does Parvana do to provide for her family?

a)

Join the Taliban

b)

Learns how to cook

c)

Dresses as a girl

d)

Dresses as a boy

6.

“Look what I got!” Parvana exclaimed, as she burst through the door of her home. “I did it! I did the shopping, and nobody bothered me.”


What can you infer based on this selection?

a)

Parvana is loud.

b)

Parvana is proud.

c)

Parvana is unenthused.

d)

Parvana is relieved.

7.

What is Parvana’s primary concern about assuming the role of a boy?

a)

She is worried about being responsible.

b)

She believes what she is doing is wrong

c)

She is afraid that she will be recognized.

d)

She resents having to do her sister’s job.

8.

Due to living under Taliban rule, as a girl, Parvana felt like she was unimportant, and

a)

frustrated

b)

invisible

c)

defeated

d)

embarrassed

9.

Where does The Breadwinner take place?

a)

Afghanistan

b)

Pakistan

c)

France

10.

How does Parvana change from the beginning of the selection to the end?

a)

She gains confidence after she shops at the market in disguise.

b)

She stops arguing with Nooria to make the household more peaceful.

c)

She realizes that her education is important, so she returns to school.

d)

She regrets cutting her hair and runs away from home.

11.

Parvana had a brother named Hossain. Where is he?

a)

fighting with the Taliban

b)

in jail

c)

with Father

d)

passed away

12.

In the last paragraph of the story, why does Mother say, “Go to sleep, my son”?

a)

She is missing Hossain and confuses Ali with him.

b)

She is wishing the day would end.

c)

She is worried about all her children.

d)

She is accepting Parvana’s new role.