Nasreen's Secret School

Who is telling the story?

• Nasreen

• Nasreen's mom

• Nasreen's dad

• Nasreen's grandmother

What happened to Nasreen’s dad?

• soldiers took him away

• he went looking for Nasreen’s mom

• he went on vacation

• Nasreen’s grandma sent him away

How long did Nasreen’s mom wait before looking for her husband?

• an hour

• a few hours

• a day

• many days

Which line of text from the story tells you how long Nasreen’s mom waited before searching?

• “One night, soldiers came to our house.”

• “Finally, Nasreen’s frantic mama went searching.”

•  “We waited many days and nights for his return.”

• “The full moon passed our window many times as Nasreen and I waited.”

What is the best definition for the word frantic, as it is used in the text?

•  happy and smiling

• scared and hurrying

• angry and frowning

•  breathing calmly

Where is the school located?

• in a private house

•   in a courtyard

•   in the soldier’s backyard

•   in the Koran

 What does Nasreen’s grandmother do the first day she leaves Nasreen at school?

•   she cries

• she prays

• she finds a solider

• she tells Nasreen to stay quiet

What evidence from the text makes us think that Nasreen and her grandma are poor?

• Nasreen has to go to a secret school.

• School closed for the long winter recess.

• Family had to give them food and firewood.

• Nasreen and her grandma sat by a fire.

Who did Nasreen say her first words to since her mama had gone searching?

• the teacher

•   her grandma

• Mina

• a soldier

What does “windows opened for Nasreen is that little schoolroom mean?”

• that the room Nasreen was in had windows that they kept open

• that Nasreen was warm so she kept the windows open

• that the things Nasreen learned would make her world bigger 

• that Nasreen didn’t go back to school because the windows were open