Plot
What year does this story take place?
(If you are within 3 years I will give you the point.)
2001
The main character/protagonist of the story
Parvana
The Taliban worked closely with Osama bin Laden and his Al-Qaeda organization who were responsible for what event?
The September 11th attacks.
Afghanistan is known as the graveyard of __________
Empires
Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, China.
How much does Parvana sell her red dress for?
$1000 Afghani
Parvana's friend who helps her get work and dreams about selling things by the sea.
Deliwar
The Taliban were a religious extremist group that practiced Islam and wanted everyone to follow their extreme religious laws which was called _________ law.
Sharia
In 1979 a global superpower invaded Afghanistan and took it over what was the name of it?
Soviet Union/Russia
The world's first oil paintings are from Afghanistan. What year were those paintings made?
(If you are within 300 years I will give you the points.)
650 BC
Who was Parvana's sister supposed to marry to protect the family?
Her cousin
Parvana's older sister who she always argues with.
Nooria
The Taliban ruled with an iron fist and created many strange laws. One law required that all men must do what?
Grow a beard.
What year did Afghanistan elect it's first ever democratically elected president?
(If you are within 5 years I will give you the points)
2004
In 2026 Afghanistan ranks as the 7th most dangerous country in the world. Write one of the 6 countries that ranks ahead of them.
Russia, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ukraine, Israel, South Sudan
Why were all the people in a hurry to leave their homes and leave the prison?
A war was coming
The Taliban soldier who threatened Parvana and her father and later arrested him.
Idrees
The U.S and the Taliban were at war for many years until the year 2020 when the U.S pulled soldiers out of the country. What happened after the U.S military left?
The Taliban returned to power.
What was the name of the man who conquered Afghanistan and is famously known as the only person to conquer the entire known world?
Alexander the Great
What is Afghanistan's national animal which lives high in the country's snowy mountain ranges.
Snow leopard
What two characters said the following quote
"We are a fractured land in the Kush Mountains, Scorched by the fiery eyes of the northern deserts. We are a land whose people are its greatest treasure."
Parvana and her father
This man's wife died in a bus accident and he helps Parvana get her father out of prison.
Razaq
The Taliban banned many things list, 5 things the Taliban banned.
Books, Music, Girls going to school, Girls going outside by themselves, Men shaving their beards, Video Games, Yellow taxis, Women owning anything, Mannequin heads, Photographs, Movies, women participating in sports, the Internet, and TV.
Buzkashi is Afghanistan's national game. Players in two teams try to catch a ____________ while riding horses.
Goat
Since 1919, Afghanistan has changed their flag more then any other country in the world. How many times has Afghanistan changed their flag?
(If you are within 5 I will give you the points.)
20 times