Chapter 1 The Breadwinner

Name

1. "The Taliban had ordered all the girls and women in Afghanistan to stay inside their homes. They even forbade girls to go to school. " page 7. Using context clues what does forbade mean?

• Allowed

• Enforced

• Refused

2. "Tea boys ran back and forth into the labyrinth of the marketplace, carrying tea to customers...then running back again with empty cups"page 10. Using context clues was does labyrinth mean?

• Chador

• Maze

• Nan

3. "...when a customer saw Father's false leg on the blanket, he ignored the other things for sale and demanded to buy the leg. He offered such a good price that father eventually relented." page 16. Using context clues what does the word relented mean?

• Given in and sold the false leg.

• Refused to sell the leg.

• Moved on to another seller.

4. "...Parvana and her father slowly made their way up the steps of their building...It had been hit in a rocket attack, and half of it was rubble....the stairs were damaged by a bomb..." page 18. Using context clues what does the word rubble mean?

• Fragments of concrete, stone, or brick caused by destruction.

• Parts or fragments of the rocket that hit the apartment building.

• Gem stones found in the broken up concrete.

5. Who is telling the story? (The Protagonist)

• Parvana
• Nooria
• Parvana's father

6. Where is the setting of this novel?

• Mazar-Sharif, Afghanistan
• Kabul, Afghanistan
• Kandahar, Afghanistan

7. How has Parvana’s living conditions changed since the Taliban took control?(what was her house like before the Taliban) Restate Answer Cite Explain