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What is a burqua?
A full covering from head to toe
100
What is a chador?
A head and shoulder covering that young girls wear.
100
What is a karachi?
A wagon type vehicle that is pushed or pulled.
100
What is a toshak?
A mattress filled with hay, straw, material, or other soft objects.
100
Who was Mrs. Weera?
The physical education teacher and the field hockey coach.
200
What did Parvana hide while being beaten at the prison?
A picture of her father.
200
What was Nooria going to be before the Taliban took over?
A teacher.
200
Why did Parvana's father no longer have his false leg?
He sold it for money.
200
Who moves in to help the family?
Mrs. Weera
200
What does Parvana leave the Window Woman?
flowers
300
What does Parvana buy Nooria before Nooria leaves?
A pen and case.
300
Why were the windows painted black?
The Taliban ordered all windows painted black so that men can't see the women inside.
300
What did Parvana and Shauzia do to make the most money?
Dig bones in a graveyard.
300
Parvana always wished she had what like Nooria?
long hair
300
Mrs. Weera and mother were planning a what?
newspaper/magazine
400
Who is the woman crying in the building?
Homa
400
Why was Parvana surprised when she ran into the teaboy?
It was actually Shauzia- a girl from her school
400
What happens in the stadium?
A thief has his hand cut off.
400
Who was Hossain?
Parvana's older brother who was killed by a landmine.
400
What was Parvana's first job after dressing like a boy?
Read and writing letters in the marketplace.
500
Why did Parvana's family move so often?
Their houses kept getting bombed and destroyed.
500
What does the word Taliban actually mean?
religious scholars
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Why wasn't Parvana's family friendly with the neighbor's?
The Taliban encouraged people to spy on their neighbors.
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What do the Taliban order all men to do?
grow beards and paint their windows
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Why didn't father leave the country when the Taliban took over?
He is an educated man and he says that he wants to help regrow the country when it is all over.