The Breadwinner Quizzes

The Breadwinner Quiz 1

1 Who narrates The Breadwinner?

An unnamed narrator

Nooria

Parvana

Deborah Ellis
2 Who wrote The Breadwinner?

Nooria

Parvana

The narrator

Deborah Ellis
3 At the end of which decade is the novel set?

1990s

2010s

2000s

1980s
4 What year was The Breadwinner published?

2001

1997

1996

2000
5 In what country is the novel set?

Canada

Afghanistan

Kabul

Pakistan
6 In what city is the novel set?

Beirut

Mazar

Toronto

Kabul
7 Who controls Kabul during the period in which the novel is set?

United States Army

Northern Alliance

Al-Qaeda

Taliban
8 What year did the Taliban take over Kabul?

1996

2000

1998

They never did
9 What garment does Parvana wear during chapter one?

Red shalwar kameez

Boy's clothes

Chador

Burqa
10 How old is Parvana?

17

31

12

11
11 What language does Parvana know?

English

Dari

Dari, and some Pashto

Pashto
12 What language do Parvana's parents know?

Dari, Pashto, English

Dari

Pashto

English
13 On what continent is Afghanistan?

Africa

South America

Europe

Asia
14 In what region is Afghanistan located?

Middle East

Central Asia

South and Central Asia

North Africa
15 Who are Parvana's younger siblings?

Maryam and Ali

Nooria and Hossain

Hossain and Ali

Nooria and Maryam
16 On what pretext does Parvana accompany her father to the market?

To keep him company

To make sure he doesn't go off drinking

To read for him

To help him walk
17 What is Parvana's favorite school subject?

Geology

Math

Geography

History
18 How many rooms does Parvana's family home consist of?

Eight

Three

One

Two
19 What is Father's job at the market?

Reading letters for illiterate people

Taliban spy

Selling tea and rice

Sweeping out stalls
20 What language do most of Father's customers speak?

English

Pashto

Dari

French
21 What happened to Parvana's family's old home?

Sold to the Taliban

Someone changed the locks on them

Destroyed by a bomb

Parvana accidentally set it on fire
22 What was Parvana's reaction when the Taliban first forbade girls from attending school?

She was relieved because she had a test coming up

She was happy because she hated school

She cried

None of these
23 When the novel begins, where is the majority of the Taliban's fighting occuring?

In the north

In the south

Overseas

In Kabul
24 What does Father name the mountain he calls his favorite?

Mount Nooria

Mount Parvana

Mount Father

Mount Maryam
25 Why are the stairs to Parvana's family's apartment reduced to rubble?

Parvana smashed them in anger

Worn away from overuse

The Taliban hacked at them with pickaxes

Hit by a rocket

Parvana didn’t like Shauzia’s plan for making money, but she went along with it anyways. Why? Chapter 10

Parvana needs the money.... her family needs to eat.

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In Chapter 3 or 4 in Bread Winner, did Pavana and her mother relationship change what page number?

In the conclusion of Chapter Three, after Parvana's father's arrest, she and her mother realize they will have to walk to the prison to get Parvana’s father free. Pretending to be their father, Nooria writes a note giving Parvana’s mother...

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Which statement best expresses a theme of the solution?

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The Breadwinner

by Deborah Ellis

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