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What is the name of Parvana's sisters?
Nooria and Maryam
What do Parvana's father's books represent?
Knowledge, education, and hope.
What job does Parvana have when working in the market?
Reads and writes letters.
What country and city does Parvana live in?
Kabul, Afghanistan
What trait does Parvana wish she had of Noorias?
Her hair
Who is Parvana's friend who also disguises herself as a boy?
Shauzia
What do the flowers Parvana plant represent?
Hope and beauty.
Why is Parvana's father taken away by the Taliban?
Because he was educated in England.
What piece of clothing do women have to wear over their face?
Burka
What is the name of the authour of the Breadwinner?
Deborah Ellis
What job did Ms. Weera have before the Taliban took over?
A P.E. Teacher
What item of clothing does Parvana wear to disguise herself as a boy?
A Shalwar Kameez
What do Parvana's mother and Mrs. Weera do in secret?
Host a school and write a magazine.
Where was the Taliban mans letter from?
Germany
What do the Taliban require to be covered with black paint?
Windows
Why does Nooria leave Kabul?
What do bones symbolize in the novel?
survival and desperation.
What dose Parvana discover happening in the stadium?
Executions
What item did the window women throw down?
Beads
What group left and let the Taliban take over?
The Soviet Union.
What part of his body is Parvana's father missing, and how did it happen?
His leg which was injured by a bomb.
What does Malali inspire people to do?
Show courage and stand up against oppresion.
What was the goal of using the money from digging bones?
To buy a tray to carry in the market full of gum and cigarettes.
What name and fake relation does Parvana go by as a boy?
Her cousin, Kaseem
Where do Parvana and Shauzia promise to meet in 20 years?
The top of the Eiffel Tower