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Vocabulary
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Taliban
Parvana's Work
Potpourri
100
The bread that Parvana and her family eat.
What is nan?
100
Languages spoken by Parvana's father.
What are Pashtu, Dari and English?
100
The Taliban believe that they should not be educated.
Who are girls/women?
100
It took this many buckets of water to fill the water barrel in their house.
What is 5?
100
The countries that border Afghanistan.
What are Pakistan, China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Iran?
200
Afghan women and girls wear this piece of cloth to cover their hair and shoulders.
What is a chador?
200
Her feet were wrapped in cloth when she first went outside after being stuck inside their home for over a year.
Who is Maryam?
200
Women must wear these to go outside.
What is a burqa?
200
The reason Parvana's father doesn't have a prosthetic leg.
What is a man offered a lot of money when he saw it on his blanket?
200
The first gift the window woman gave Parvana.
What is a small square of embroidered cloth.
300
Mrs. Weera borrowed one of these wheeled carts to move her belongings.
What is a karachi?
300
She was a physical education teacher before the Taliban took over.
Who is Mrs. Weera?
300
The woman who wrote the letter Parvana read for the Talib soldier lived here.
Where is Germany?
300
Parvana's first customer after taking over for her father was a Talib who asked her to do this.
What is read aloud a letter that his dead wife left behind?
300
The family had to travel here for Nooria's wedding and it was captured by the Taliban while they were there.
What is Mazar-e-Sharif?
400
Both men and women wear this type of clothing which has trousers and a long, loose shirt.
What is a shalwar kameez?
400
The name Shauzia went by as a tea boy.
What is Shafiq?
400
The number of prisoners punished in the stadium.
What is 6?
400
Parvana fed this to Homa when she found her.
What is dried fruit and nuts?
400
What the flowers planted below the Window Woman's window symbolized.
What is hope for survival?
500
Parvana's home had these mattresses which are used in place of chairs or beds in Afghanistan.
What is a toshak?
500
Parvana's older brother who was killed by a land mine.
Who is Hossain?
500
Where father hid his books from the Taliban.
What is in a secret compartment in the cupboard?
500
The difference between Parvana and the boys who sold things from trays.
What is running up to potential customers?
500
The people Shauzia plans to travel to Pakistan with.
Who are nomadic shepherds?