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Life in the Marketplace
Family Problems
Surviving Under Pressure
Taken By the Taliban
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Who was the tea boy who fell in the market in-front of Parvana?
Parvana saw her friend Shauzia from school on the floor disguised as a tea boy.
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What was mother's reaction when Nooria talked back at her when Parvana told them she wants to continue digging up bones and making extra money for herself and for the family and why did Nooria take Parvana's side?
Mother was surprised and wanted to look back at Nooria and scold at her for talking back at her.Nooria took parvana s side because they needed more money to buy fuel for there lamps and money for rent.
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Why did Parvana have the reaction she did about Shauzia's plan to leave Afghanistan?
Parvana didn't like the fact that Shauzia's going to leave her family and there isn't anyone to help them get food except for Shauzia.
100
Why was Parvana's father taken away to prison by the Taliban soldiers?
Parvana's father was taken away by the Taliban soldiers because he was well educated in England and that the Taliban soldiers did not need any of his foreign ideas.
200
What did the letter say that made the Taliban soldier get so upset in the marketplace?
The letter belonged to the soldiers wife who passed away. It was from the her aunt. the letter explained how she wont be able to make her wedding,and how she misses her and wished to attend her wedding day.
200
Why was Parvana jealous of Nooria when they decided to make Parvana dress like a boy and get her hair cut off?
Parvana was really angry when she knew that Nooria was enjoying the fact that her hair will get cut off. Parvana was jealous because Nooria has very nice hair.Nooria was happy and was getting the sewing kit from the closet to make sure that Parvana's hair was going to get cut off.
200
What did the family do to earn a living while father is gone?
Making Parvana dress like a boy and work in the market place reading letters to earn money to feed the family.
300
What was the plan that the tea boys in the market place came up with to earn more money and why did Parvana not like the plan?
The tea boys came up with an idea to go to the grave yard and dig up bones and sell to earn more money and Parvana didn't think its a good idea because she thinks that the people in the grave would mind them digging up there bones and she wasn't really comfortable of the fact that she is digging other peoples bones.
300
What happened to Parvana and mother when they went to the prison to take father back from the Taliban who took him with no right reasons?
When they arrived at the prison mother told the soldiers that she's here for her husband .Each time the soldiers ignored she said i'm here for my husband and took a photo of him out then more guards began to gather in-front of the prison and she kept saying i'm here for my husband louder and louder.They ordered them to be quiet then started hitting mother with a stick then more of them joined to hit mother and Parvana. Parvana didn't take it so she said with a loud voice we'll leave.The Taliban told Parvana and mother to leave immediately.
300
what was it tough for people in Afghanistan to live a perfectly safe life and why?
People in Afghanistan suffered from the rule of the Taliban soldiers. When they first came to rule it was hard for the people of Afghanistan to live a safe life because the Taliban were ther to blow up there houses and take away there families. Some were left alone because there family has been dead or taken away or lost.girls were btaken out of schools and boys went to work and take care of there families
300
What happened in the stadium that Shauzia and Parvana went into to sell there cigarettes,gum,and dried fruit packs?
They were going inside but they saw Taliban soldiers pushing and shoving people inside.The stadium was awfully quit then a bunch of Taliban soldiers merged through the stadium carrying prisoners through the fields with there hands tied behind there back.They untied a man and stretched his arms on a table top.They took out a sword and cut off the mans arms.
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What were all the things the Taliban soldiers banned women from doing in Afghanistan and Kabul/
-They banned women from going outside without a man. -Women and girls must wear a burqa or chador when going outside. -Banned girls from going to school.