Parvana

 Summary of Chapter 1 This chapter was about parvanas life before her house got bombed. parvana has to help her dad walk to the market where her father works to earn money for her family. her father has only one leg and at one satge he had a false leg but he sold it to a man who offered such a good price. He lost his leg when he worked a at highschool and it got bombed.

Relevant sentences She really wasnt supposed to be outside at all. The taliban had ordered all the girls and women in afghanistan to stay inside their homes. Their mother had been kicked out of her job as a writer for a Kabual radio station. Many of her friends had fled the country with their families. Most people in afghanistan couldnt read or write. One of the difficulties of living with your whole family in one room was that it was impossible to really leave anyone alone. Parvana was born one month after the Soviets had started going back to their own country. Like many afghans they sold what they could. Their were bombed buildings all over Kabul. Neighbours had turned from homes and buisnesses into bricks and dust. Kabul had once been beautiful. Nooria remembered whole side walks, traffic lights that changed colour, evening trips to resturants and cinemas', browsing in fine shops of clothes and books. How do women in burquas manage to walk along these streets? How do they see where their gong? They falled own alot.he was right Parvana had seen them fall.

Questions

1. Why can both of Parvana's parents speak dari, pashtu and english? @. because their parents taught them. B. because they were educated. C. their friends taught it to them when they were younger.

2.parvana speaks dari? True False

3. Why does Parvana go with her dad to the market?

4 What does the word Taliban mean?



the letter in his hand. Parvana was scared that the Talib would say that her Pashtu wasn’t good enough. The letter was from his wife’s aunt. The talib was very sad, since his wife had passed away and the letter was one of her very few belongings. Parvana was paid a decent price for reading the letter. When the Talib left, Parvana sold her favourite Shalwar Kameez. She then returned to the safety of her home with plenty of money. _ could cross there main _ __with__ _ _ __steps one way and__ _ regular steps the _ __way. Chapter 2__ ====The main ideas about chapter 2 is how Parvana has to help clean and help out around the house. She has some arguments with the family telling them that she thinks this is unfair. Parvana also dislikes her sister Nooria because she makes her feel upset and angry all the time. Parvana also talks about her past life and how wonderful it was, before the bombs came along.====

Now they only have a wardrobe and shelf. Hossain also gets introduced in this chapter, and the dads old jobs.
Parvana (Chapter 3) Parvana’s father has just been taken to prison by the Taliban, after committing no crime. Parvana and her mother bravely went to the Put-i-charki prison to set their husband and father free. This was a great risk to take, because women were not allowed to go out of the house without a man with them. The Taliban did not take Parvana and her mother’s visit very well. When Fatana asks for her husband back, the Taliban tell her to be quiet. Then they go and beat Parvana and her mother until they surrender and leave the prison. **Q1:** Who is your favourite character and why? __ **Q1:** How would you and your family feel, react and cope with your father being taken to prison? Parvana Chapter 4 Parvana and mother had just come back from their long journey from the prison, where parvana's father had previously been taken. Mother got depressed and stayed on the toshak her father used to sleep on for days, she rarely got up. The only time she got up was when she went to get food or go to the bathroom. At the end of the chapter they ran out of food so Parvana set off to the markets.__ Questions Q1. What do you think Parvana felt when she came back from the jail?
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 * Q2:** Why do you think that the Taliban kept women locked up and not allowed to be seen without a man or boy?
 * Q3:**Do you think that Parvana’s father got arrested for going to England for education was the right thing to do? Why
 * Q4:**Why would the Taliban ban photos?
 * Q5:** Do you think that Fatana and Parvana would have been allowed to see her father if the book was set in a different country?
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Q2. Why was Parvana the only one who was allowed to go to the market?

CHAPTER 6- Rachel, Phoebe, Rosie, Hannah 1.summary Parvana’s family are struggling to survive without a man in the family. They have to quickly find a plan that will help them to survive. A plan was arranged for Parvana to become a boy. She was made to cut off her hair an walk the streets alone. Her female traits were left in her family home as she walked into the streets of Kabul. It is very busy, and Parvana is just another individual who is nothing to anyone. 2.important events -was when parvana found out she was going to be turned into a boy “as a boy you will be able to move in and out of the market, buy what we need, and no one will stop you”. -“your not cutting my hair” parvana does not want this. -when she agrees to being a boy, even though she doesn’t want to. -when the mum thinks she looks like her dead son Hoassain “Hossain” she whispers. -parvana heard her mum whipser when they went to bed”go to sleep Hossain, go to sleep my son.

3.QUESTIONS 1. If anyone asked where Parvana had gone what were the family going to do? 2. *Why was Parvana’s mother upset after seeing her in Hossain’s clothes? 3. Why would Parvana be scared to walk outside into the streets? 4. *Why did Parvana finally choose to cut her hair? 5. Why did she automatically reach for her chador?    SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 7 OF PARVANA   It was Parvana’s second day on the street as a boy. Her mother gave her, her father’s writing materials so she could continue her father’s work and Parvana’s shalwar kameez to sell. While sitting alone in the market, a Talib approached her and in Pashtu, the solider asked Parvana to read the letter in his hand. Parvana was scared that the Talib would say that her Pashtu wasn’t good enough. The letter was from his wife’s aunt. The talib was very sad, since his wife had passed away and the letter was one of her very few belongings. Parvana was paid a decent price for reading the letter. When the Talib left, Parvana sold her favourite Shalwar Kameez. She then returned to the safety of her home with plenty of money.
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QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 11. · Q1 What gift did Parvana get from the woman behind the black window. HW ·   Q2 What do you think Parvana’s mother would have been thinking when she found out that Parvana was digging up bones. ·  Q3 What do you think Parvan a would have been feeling when she saw the prisoners hands get chopped off  ? ·  Q4Why does Parvana and Shauzia go into the stadium in the first place. · Why does fatana think Parvana was arrested? HW

 [|pictures for chap 11a.docx] [|pictures for chap 11a.docx][[file:pictures for chap 11a.docx Chapter 11 was a moving and important part of parvarner. Some of the main event were... When parvarner went to the stadiem to sell her goods. When she tells her mum she was digging up and looking for bones. When she got another gift from the lady behind the black window. Parvarner seeing a prisonor getting his hand chopped of. Parvarner finaly getting to go outside with her syblins.  In total chapter 11 was a interesting part of parvarners life