About the Book
Who is the main character of the book?
Parvana
Who took over Afghanistan in 1996?
The Taliban
What does Parvana do to get money for her family?
Keep up her father's business or reading/writing letters.
The theme of Breadwinner is...
perseverance, family, survival, gender
Where does the book take place?
Kabul, Afghanistan
Who were Parvana's family members? Name them.
Ali, Maryam, Nooria, Mother and Father.
What were two things that the Taliban decreed?
No music, women can't be outside without a man, painted windows, windows can't walk loudly, women can't go to school, no books, no photographs
What was the job that Parvana and Shauzia got a lot of money for?
Bone digging in a graveyard.
Give me a detail from the text that shows gender as the theme.
answers vary
What do older women have to wear when leaving the house?
Burqua
What is Shauzia's plan?
To run away and go to Paris, France
Who lead the Afghan people to war when they were about to give up in the past?
Malali
Parvana displayed what in front of the window for the women to know she was leaving?
Flowers
Use ceased in a sentence.
Answers vary.
What is the head dress that younger women have to wear?
Chador
What does Parvana's father call the mountain down the street from their house?
Mount Parvana
Use menacingly in a sentence.
Answers vary.
When was this book published?
2000
What is the nickname Parvana's father calls her?
"His little Malali"
Why did the Taliban bring the men into the soccer stadium to watch the violence every week?
To show their power and that they mean business.
What do the flowers Parvana planted signify? What do they show in the time of war?
What is theme?
The authors main message or overarching pattern in challenges and lessons.