Vocabulary
chapter 5
Short Answers
chapter 6-7
chapter 8
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What is Karachi ?
The cart on wheels that Parvana and Mrs. Weera use to move Mrs. Weera's belongings
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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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What are the three ways the Taliban changed the life of Parvana's family.
Houssain was killed, Father lost his leg and teaching job, Mother lost her job as a writer, Family lost their nice home and possessions, Girls cannot go to school anymore, cannot leave the house without a male escort.
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How is Parvana made to look like a boy?
she cut her hair, and she is given her brother Houssain's clothes to wear
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why is going outside is difficult for maryam?
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)
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What is a kebab?
Meat on a skewer, usually cooked over an open flame.
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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 are two specific examples of why Parvana should be compared to Malali.
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)?
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"What is the "story" to tell about who the "boy" is and where "Parvana" has gone?
Parvana has gone to stay with an aunt, and "Kaseem", a cousin, has come to stay to help the family while Father is "ill."
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what is reasons Parvana must return home at noon each day
she must use the bathroom and Mother wants to make sure she is safe.
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What is her good shalwar kameez?
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.
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Who is a Talib soldier?
Who yells at Parvana for not wearing a burqa out shopping, and threatens to punish her father (or husband).
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What is a camel made out of beads?
What is a camel made out of beads?The Window Woman's last gift for Parvana.
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the letter was written to his dead wife, from her aunt, congratulating her on her wedding, and wishing her a good life. Describe the letter the Taliban has Parvana read.
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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What are 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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What is a pakul?
The soft, round-topped mens' hat that Parvana when she becomes a boy.
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who is mrs.weera?
parvana literally run into at the market
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Why does she plant flowers for her at the end of the book?
Parvana hears a man yelling at a woman and the sound of a person being beaten, and she knows that she must keep the Window Woman a secret for the woman’s own safety. She plants flowers for the woman to let her know that she is leaving Kabul
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How does the Talib react to the contents of the letter Parvana reads for him?
he cries, because his wife is dead now.
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At the end of Chapter 8, Parvana sees this person who is that ?
a girl from her class at school dressed as a tea boy
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What is a chador?
A scarf-like covering girls must wear in public over their head and shoulders.
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What is How does Mrs. Weera help Parvana's family keep up "team spirit" in this chapter?
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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Who are Parvana, Shauzia, and Father?
Who named the breadwinners in this story.
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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.
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a square of embroidered cloth, and a beaded bracelet What are the two items dropped on Parvana's blanket from the "Window Woman"?
a square of embroidered cloth, and a beaded bracelet
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