The Breadwinner Quizzes

The Breadwinner Quiz 1

1 Who narrates The Breadwinner?
An unnamed narrator

Parvana

Deborah Ellis

Nooria
2 Who wrote The Breadwinner?
Deborah Ellis

The narrator

Parvana

Nooria
3 At the end of which decade is the novel set?
2000s

2010s

1990s

1980s
4 What year was The Breadwinner published?
2000

1996

1997

2001
5 In what country is the novel set?
Pakistan

Afghanistan

Kabul

Canada
6 In what city is the novel set?
Kabul

Beirut

Toronto

Mazar
7 Who controls Kabul during the period in which the novel is set?
United States Army

Taliban

Northern Alliance

Al-Qaeda
8 What year did the Taliban take over Kabul?
1998

2000

1996

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

Boy's clothes

Red shalwar kameez

Burqa
10 How old is Parvana?
31

11

17

12
11 What language does Parvana know?
English

Dari, and some Pashto

Pashto

Dari
12 What language do Parvana's parents know?
Dari, Pashto, English

English

Pashto

Dari
13 On what continent is Afghanistan?
South America

Europe

Africa

Asia
14 In what region is Afghanistan located?
Middle East

Central Asia

North Africa

South and Central Asia
15 Who are Parvana's younger siblings?
Nooria and Maryam

Maryam and Ali

Hossain and Ali

Nooria and Hossain
16 On what pretext does Parvana accompany her father to the market?
To make sure he doesn't go off drinking

To help him walk

To keep him company

To read for him
17 What is Parvana's favorite school subject?
Geography

Math

Geology

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

Two

Three

Eight
19 What is Father's job at the market?
Reading letters for illiterate people

Taliban spy

Sweeping out stalls

Selling tea and rice
20 What language do most of Father's customers speak?
English

Dari

Pashto

French
21 What happened to Parvana's family's old home?
Someone changed the locks on them

Destroyed by a bomb

Sold to the Taliban

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

She was relieved because she had a test coming up

She was happy because she hated school

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

In the north

In Kabul

Overseas
24 What does Father name the mountain he calls his favorite?
Mount Father

Mount Nooria

Mount Parvana

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

The Taliban hacked at them with pickaxes

Worn away from overuse

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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