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The Breadwinner

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  • What is an Afghan bread - flat, sometimes long and sometimes round.
    Nan
  • A piece of cloth worn by women and girls to cover their hair and shoulders. Girls wear this outside.
    Chador
  • Name the Moslem festival coming at the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting.
    Eid
  • A pakul is a gray or brown woolen blanket shawl worn by whom?
    Afghan men and boys
  • A long, thent-lie garment, which the Taliban have decreed women must wear whenever they go outside.
    Burqa
  • _ _ _ _ mine - A bomb planted in the ground, which explodes if it is stepped on
    Land
  • What is the literacy rate under the Taliban?
    40%
  • The protagonist was?
    Parvana
  • What is the name of a long loose shirt and trousers, worn by both men and women?
    Shalwar Kameez
  • What is a toshak?
    A narrow mattress used in many Afghan homes instead of chairs or beds
  • Why was Father let free from prison?
    "If I don't know why I was arrested, why would I know the reason for being set free?"
  • Give the name for a cart on wheels, pushed by hand, used to sell things in the market
    Karachi
  • What is "Dari"?
    One of the two main languages spoken in Afghanistan
  • What is a Talib?
    A member of the Taliban
  • What is Pashtu?
    One of the two main languages spoken in Afghanistan
  • What was the name of Russia and other Communist countries before it was broken up?
    Soviet Union
  • What is being described? "Pieces of meat on a skewer, cooked over a fire"
    Kebab