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The Breadwinner REVIEW

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 56mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1 Which of the following is a theme of the story?

a)

A Enduring love of family

b)

B Courage in face of adversity

c)

C Continual search for meaning

d)

D Struggle for personal identity

2.

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

a)

F She is worried about being responsible.

b)

G She believes what she is doing is wrong

c)

H She is afraid that she will be recognized.

d)

J She resents having to do her sister’s job.

3.

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)

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)

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)

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)

D The sentences are correct as is.

4.

The description of Mother’s behavior while she cuts Parvana’s hair helps the reader understand that Mother —

a)

favors Nooria over Parvana

b)

can not understand Nooria’s position

c)

does not understand Parvana’s resistance

d)

cares about how Parvana feels

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.

What is the name the Muslim Fundamentalist group that has taken over Afghanistan?

a)

Dari

b)

Taliban

c)

Pashtu

d)

Burqua

7.

Where does The Breadwinner take place?

a)

Kabul, Afghanistan

b)

Paris, France

c)

Kotli, Pakistan

d)

Mazar, Afghanistan

8.

Where does Shauzia tell Parvana she is going when she escapes from Afghanistan?

a)

Pakistan

b)

Paris

c)

Germany

d)

The Arabian Sea

9.

Who was killed by a land mine?

a)

Shauzia

b)

Homa

c)

Hossain

d)

Ali

10.

How old is Parvana at the beginning of the novel?

a)

two

b)

thirteen

c)

ten

d)

eleven

11.

Many people in Afghanistan are illiterate, meaning...

a)

unable to read or write

b)

unable to speak

c)

unable to talk for themselves

d)

Unable to hear

12.

What is the series of events of a story called?

(a)  

13.

Disguised themselves as a boy to buy food for their family at the market

a)

Homa

b)

Shauzia

c)

Nooria

d)

Hossain

e)

Parvana

14.

Parvana’s friend from the market who worked as a tea boy

a)

Homa

b)

Shauzia

c)

Nooria

d)

Hossain

e)

Parvana