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WorksheetsThe Breadwinner REVIEW
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 56mins
1 Which of the following is a theme of the story?
A Enduring love of family
B Courage in face of adversity
C Continual search for meaning
D Struggle for personal identity
2 What is Parvana’s primary concern about assuming the role of a boy?
F She is worried about being responsible.
G She believes what she is doing is wrong
H She is afraid that she will be recognized.
J She resents having to do her sister’s job.
3 Read these sentences about the selection. Parvana dresses up as a boy and pretends she is a cousin from jalalabad. Her mother and sister tell people she has gone to stay with an aunt in kunduz. What is the correct way to write these sentences?
A Parvana dresses up as a boy and pretends she is a cousin from Jalalabad. Her Mother and Sister tell people she has gone to stay with an Aunt in Kunduz.
B Parvana dresses up as a boy and pretends she is a cousin from Jalalabad. Her mother and sister tell people she has gone to stay with an aunt in Kunduz.
C Parvana dresses up as a boy and pretends she is a cousin from jalalabad. Her Mother and Sister tell people she has gone to stay with an Aunt in kunduz.
D The sentences are correct as is.
The description of Mother’s behavior while she cuts Parvana’s hair helps the reader understand that Mother —
favors Nooria over Parvana
can not understand Nooria’s position
does not understand Parvana’s resistance
cares about how Parvana feels
What does Parvana do to provide for her family?
Join the Taliban
Learns how to cook
Dresses as a girl
Dresses as a boy
What is the name the Muslim Fundamentalist group that has taken over Afghanistan?
Dari
Taliban
Pashtu
Burqua
Where does The Breadwinner take place?
Kabul, Afghanistan
Paris, France
Kotli, Pakistan
Mazar, Afghanistan
Where does Shauzia tell Parvana she is going when she escapes from Afghanistan?
Pakistan
Paris
Germany
The Arabian Sea
Who was killed by a land mine?
Shauzia
Homa
Hossain
Ali
How old is Parvana at the beginning of the novel?
two
thirteen
ten
eleven
Many people in Afghanistan are illiterate, meaning...
unable to read or write
unable to speak
unable to talk for themselves
Unable to hear
What is the series of events of a story called?
(a)
Disguised themselves as a boy to buy food for their family at the market
Homa
Shauzia
Nooria
Hossain
Parvana
Parvana’s friend from the market who worked as a tea boy
Homa
Shauzia
Nooria
Hossain
Parvana
