Name: _____________________________________ Chapter 1 1. What point of view is The Breadwinner written? Who is telling the story? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 2. What is the setting of the book? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 3. Compare how Parvana’s life has changed since the Taliban took control. Before Taliban took control After Taliban took control school housing parents’ employment public appearances friends Kabul 4. Check all the things we know at the end of chapter 1. _________ Parvana lives with her parents. _________ Parvana can read and write. _________ Parvana has siblings. _________ Parvana is fortunate to go to school. _________ Parvana takes care of cows. _________ Parvana is eleven years old. 5. What is Parvana’s father’s view towards education? Can you infer why he would have these views? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 6. What is Parvana’s daily life like in Afghanistan? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ The Breadwinner © 2022 The Inclusive Mrs. C Name: _____________________________________ Chapter 2 1. Find evidence from the text from chapter 2 to prove/ disprove the statements. Cite the page number the quote came from. Statement Evidence from the text Parvana has several household responsibilities. Parvana and her sister get along very well. Parvana’s oldest brother passed away. Parvana is happy her mother is selling her items in the market. Books are important to the family. 2. Infer why Parvana’s father was taken away by the Taliban. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 3. At the bottom of page 22, Parvana describes the room where Parvana and her family currently live. Use the description to draw the room in the space below. Include these elements: lavatory, platform toilet, cook stove, vent, water tank and wash basin. The Breadwinner © 2022 The Inclusive Mrs. C Name: _____________________________________ Chapters 3-4 1. Name two different emotions or feelings that Parvana is experiencing in these chapters. Be sure to back up each emotion with evidence and examples from the text. Emotion/ Feeling Evidence from the text 2. The family is faced with a huge problem now that Parvana’s father is in prison. Predict what you think the family will do now. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 3. Match each cause with the effect. ______________ 1. The Taliban could see women through the windows of their houses. a. Nooria wrote the note because her penmanship was more grown-up. ______________ 2. Buses were not permitted to carry women unaccompanied by their husbands. b. Their feet were blistered and bloody. ______________ 3. Women were not allowed to walk in the c. They were painted over with black paint. city without a note from their husbands. ______________ 4. Women were required to wear a burqa d. Parvana had to get food for her family. outside their home. ______________ 5. Parvana and her mother were yelling outside the prison for Parvana’s father to be released. e. Many women fell frequently because they couldn’t see. ______________ 6. Parvana and her mother weren’t used to walking such long distances. f. Parvana and her mother would have to walk to the prison. ______________ 7. Parvana’s mother wouldn’t get out of bed. g. The prison guards beat Parvana and her mother. 4. What do you think is the harshest rule the Taliban enacted that you have learned about so far? Why? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ The Breadwinner © 2022 The Inclusive Mrs. C Name: _____________________________________ Chapter 5 1. Summarize what happened when Parvana went to the market. 2. Sequence the order of events ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ________ a. Parvana ran though the market as fast as she could to get home. ________ b. Parvana fetched water for her family, even though her feet still hurt. family. ________ c. Mrs. Weera and Parvana’s mother were trying to come up with a plan to help Parvana’s ________ d. She purchased ten loaves of nan. ________ e. She ran into a woman in the market. ________ f. Parvana went to the market without her father. ________ g. Nooria was upset Parvana didn’t get more food. ________ h. A Talib was angry she wasn’t wearing a burqa and hit her. ________ i. Mrs. Weera accompanied Parvana home. 3. How does Parvana display that she is both mature and immature in this chapter? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Mood is the overall atmosphere or feeling of a story. Happiness or sadness, terror or tranquilitymood can be any strong feeling or emotion the author creates, often by using descriptive details. “Parvana wasn’t sure if she would be considered a woman. One the one hand, if she behaved like one and stood outside the shop and called in her order, she could get in trouble for not wearing a burqa. On the other hand, if she went into a shop, she could get in trouble for not acting like a woman!” 4. What mood is set by this passage? Circle the words that create the mood. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ The Breadwinner © 2022 The Inclusive Mrs. C Name: _____________________________________ The Breadwinner Vocabulary Chapters 1-5 Directions: Match the vocabulary words on the left to the definition on the right. Place the correct letter on each line ______________ 1. chador a. a maze ______________ 2. Taliban b. flat bread eaten by Afghans at nearly every meal ______________ 3. peddlers c. cot or bed ______________ 4. relented d. a dressy robe used by Afghan women only for nice occasions ______________ 5. burqas e. to carry off or take (something) ______________ 6. labyrinth f. to give in ______________ 7. forbade g. blowing in the wind ______________ 8. decreed h. walking while teetering back and forth ______________ 9. toshak i. a scarf worn around the head of many Afghan women ______________ 10. lavatory j. crying ______________ 11. Shalwar Kameez k. members of the army ______________ 12. looters l. to command, ordain, or decide by decree ______________ 13. rouse m. a fundamentalist group that gained political control of Afghanistan in 1996 ______________ 14. nan n. a state of extreme physical or mental fatigue ______________ 15. militia o. market vendors who try and sell items ______________ 16. billowing p. a bowl for washing ______________ 17. hesitated q. forever ______________ 18. sensible r. a garment used to cover the bodies of Afghan women ______________ 19. sobs s. a bathroom ______________ 20. waddling t. bring out of sleep ______________ 21. exhaustion u. pause before saying or doing something ______________ 22. eternity v. to command not to do something ______________ 23. basin w. practical and functional The Breadwinner © 2022 The Inclusive Mrs. C
