Vocabulary
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Taliban Rules
Parvana's Work
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100
The bread that Parvana and her family eat.
What is nan?
100
Parvana does not get along well with this older sister.
Who is Nooria?
100
The Taliban believe that they should not be educated.
Who are girls/women?
100
Parvana needed to use a bucket to fetch this everyday.
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

How does Parvana help her father?

What is helping him walk?

300
Mrs. Weera borrowed one of these wheeled carts to move her belongings.
What is a karachi?
300
She was a physical education 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 and called herself Shafiq.
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
Parvana's older brother who was killed by a land mine.
Who is Hossain?
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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