Vocabulary
Characters
Chapter 5
Chapters 6-7
Chapter 8
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The cart on wheels that Parvana and Mrs. Weera use to move Mrs. Weera's belongings
What is a karachi?
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Weak at first, this person becomes stronger with daily trips to the water tap with Parvana.
Who is Maryam?
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If a women is not with a man, how must she shop?
What is stand outside the shop, and call in what she wants to the shopkeeper.
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How is Parvana made to look like a boy?
What is her hair is cut, and she is given her brother Houssain's clothes to wear?
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Going outside is difficult for Maryam at first for this reason.
What is she hasn't been outside in a year and a half/her feet aren't used to walking and going up and down stairs/her shoes no longer fit/she has to build up her endurance (her muscles weren't used to even basic exercise)?
200
Meat on a skewer, usually cooked over an open flame
What is a kebab?
200
This person only agrees to go out with Parvana as her escort so that baby Ali can go outside as well.
Who is Nooria?
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Why is Parvana not sure if she should go in the shop or stay outside when food shopping?
What is she isn't wearing a burqa, so she could get in trouble for acting like a "woman" and calling in her order; or she could go in the shop, and get in trouble for not standing outside and calling in her order!
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What is the "story" to tell about who the "boy" is and where "Parvana" has gone?
What is Parvana has gone to stay with an aunt, and "Kaseem", a cousin, has come to stay to help the family while Father is "ill."
200
These are the two reasons Parvana must return home at noon each day.
What is she must use the bathroom and Mother wants to make sure she is safe.
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It is bittersweet when Parvana sells this in the marketplace. She is sad to see it go, but pleased with the price she got for it.
What is her good shalwar kameez?
300
This is what Parvana must be called outside of the house when she is dressed as a boy.
What is Kaseem?
300
Who yells at Parvana for not wearing a burqa out shopping, and threatens to punish her father (or husband)?
Who is a Talib soldier?
300
Describe the letter the Talib has Parvana read.
What is the letter was written to his dead wife, from her aunt, congratulating her on her wedding, and wishing her a good life.
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These are some of the activities the family did outside, once they realized that Parvana could act as their escort.
What is bathe the children right at the water tap; walk around the neighborhood; Nooria would flip up her burqa and feel the sunshine on her face; Mother went and did the shopping with Parvana.
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The soft, round-topped mens' hat that Parvana when she becomes a boy.
What is a pakul?
400
Parvana believes she sees this person in the marketplace, and is devastated when she realizes it is not who she thinks it is.
Who is Father?
400
Who does Parvana literally run into at the market?
Who is Mrs. Weera?
400
How does the Talib react to the contents of the letter Parvana reads for him?
What is he cries, because his wife is dead now.
400
At the end of Chapter 8, Parvana sees this person.
What is a girl from her class at school, disguised as a tea boy?
500
The woolen shawl Parvana wears as a boy
What is a pattu?
500
These two women are going to start writing a magazine.
Who are Mother and Mrs. Weera?
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How does Mrs. Weera help Parvana's family keep up "team spirit" in Chapter 5?
What is she gives everyone a job to do/gets Mother up and out of bed/gives Parvana the push she needs to get water for the family/stops Nooria and Parvana from arguing?
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How does Parvana feel about the Talib and the letter reading experience?
What is she had only seen Talibs before as horrible people who beat you and take away your Father; now, she wonders if they could actually have some real feelings, too, like love and sadness.
500
These are the two items dropped on Parvana's blanket from the "Window Woman."
What is a square of embroidered cloth, and a beaded bracelet?
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