WorksheetsThe Breadwinner chapters 1-10 review
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
Why was Parvana in the market with her father instead of at school?
It was summer.
The Taliban had ordered all girls to stay inside and forbade them to go to school.
She had already graduated from school.
She was not old enough for school.
Why did Parvana walk with her father to the market each day?
He needed her to write letters for him.
He needed her to have someone to talk to.
He needed her to help him walk.
He needed her help to sell goods.
What occupation did Parvana's father have before the Taliban took over?
Doctor
Writer
Teacher
Lawyer
What occupation did Parvana's mother have before the Taliban took over?
Lawyer
Writer
Doctor
Teacher
Who was Hossain?
Parvana's cousin
Parvana's brother
Parvana's uncle
Parvana's friend
What did the Taliban do with Parvana's father?
killed him
took his false leg
banned him from Kabul
took him to prison
What did Parvana not want the soldiers to find in the cupboard?
father's sketch pad
father's books
last of their family money
mother's published writings
Why did Mrs. Weera want to speak to Parvana's mother?
to console her
to ask for money
to start a magazine
to ask for a place to live
Why did all water have to be boiled before drinking it?
It was used for bath water.
It did not have to be boiled.
It would make you sick if not boiled.
Animals drank from the tap first.
Parvana set up her business where her father had because __________.
it made her feel that he was close to her
she was scared to set up any other place
it was close to her house
her father had always said that is the best place for business
It is safe for women and girls to walk the streets of Kabul.
True
False
The protagonist of the novel is Parvana.
True
False
Parvana is able to read and write in
English and Dari
English and French
Pashtu and Dari
Spanish and Dari
_________ is also disguised as a boy.
Nooria
Maryam
Shauzia
Mrs. Weera
It was Parvana's idea to dress up as a boy to earn money for her family.
True
False
_________ was killed by a land mine.
Hossain
Parvana's younger brother
Nooria's boyfriend
Father
_________ earns money for her family to survive.
Malali
Maryem
Nooria
Parvana
_________ told Afghan soldiers, "We can win this battle!"
Mrs. Weera
Shauzia
Malali
Parvana
Parvana's older sister is _________
Fatana
Shauzia
Nooria
Nora
_________ is a writer who hasn't been outside for a year and a half.
Father
Mrs. Weera
Homa
Mother
_________ is beaten by the Taliban and put in prison.
Malali
Hossain
Parvana
Father
_________ is a five year old who hasn't been outside in a year and a half.
Maryam
Malali
Homa
Shauzia
___________ is Fatana's friend and a teacher.
Mrs. Weera
Maryam
Nooria
Shauzia
What is Parvana worried about turning into a boy?
She resents having to do her sister’s job.
She is worried about being responsible.
She is afraid that she will be recognized.
She believes what she is doing is wrong.
routines
doing chores
reading books
like a timetable, doing something every day the same
stretching
ruined
still working well
still good to use
small mistake
damaged, broken or fallen apart
Welcome, hug, happy to see someone
sympathy
embace
squeeze
greeting
What skills did Parvana have that most people in Afghanistan did not have?
None of the above
the ability to sing
the ability to juggle
the ability to read and write
The setting of the book is in _____________, Afghanistan.
Kandahar
Jalalabad
Kabul
Mazar-e-Sharif
Feeling sorry for someone else.
warmth
breadwinner
friendship
sympathy
Not being able to read or write.
glare
illustrator
illiterate
militia
A long loose shirt and trousers worn by both men and women.
shalwar kameez
chador
burqa
toshak
What is a rule created by the Taliban?
All men have to grow beards
Women to wear burqas
Women are not allowed to go outside without a man
All of the above
