Vocabulary
Characters
Taliban Rules
Parvana's Job's
About the book
100

The bread that Parvana and her family eat.

What is nan?

100

Parvana does not get along well with this sister.

Who is Nooria?

100

The Taliban believe that they should not be educated.(gender)

Who are girls/women?

100

What essential element did Parvana need to retrieve every day

What is water?

100

The city where Parvana and her family live.

What is Kabul?

200

Afghan women and girls wear this piece of cloth to cover their hair and shoulders.

What is a chador?

200

Her feet were wrapped in cloth when she first went outside after being stuck inside their home for over a year.

Who is Maryam?

200

Women must wear these to go outside.

What is a burqa?

200

When Parvana's father is taken to jail, she must pretend to be one of these to work in the marketplace.

What is a boy?

200

Parvana was able to go to the market every day with her father because he needed her to do this.

What is help him walk?

300

Mrs. Weera borrowed one of these wheeled carts to move her belongings.

What is a karachi?

300

She was a type of teacher before the Taliban took over.

Who is Mrs. Weera?

300

Women must be accompanied by them or have a note written by them when they go outside.

What are men?

300

Parvana's first customer after taking over for her father was a Talib who asked her to do this.

What is read aloud a letter?

300

The family had to travel here for Nooria's wedding and it was captured by the Taliban while they were there.

What is Mazar-e-Sharif?

400

Both men and women wear this type of clothing which has trousers and a long, loose shirt.

What is a shalwar kameez?

400

A girl from Parvana's class who worked as a tea boy 

Who is Shauzia?

400

Thieves lose one of these as punishment.

What is a hand?

400

Parvana and Shauzia did this job to earn enough money to buy trays.

What is digging up bones?

400
Parvana said goodbye to the Window Woman by putting these where she used to sit on her blanket in the market.
What are flowers?
500

Parvana's home had these mattresses which are used in place of chairs or beds in Afghanistan.

What is a toshak?

500

these were shut down

Who is schools?

500

Parvana's father had to hide his books so that the Taliban wouldn't do this.

What is burn them?

500

Parvana and Shauzia sold cigarettes, chewing gum, and matches from their trays before adding these after Parvana's mother suggested it.

What are bags of dried fruit and nuts?

500

In twenty years, Parvana and Shauzia plan to meet here on the first day of spring.

What is the Eiffel Tower?

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