Q 01/05

In The Breadwinner, whose old clothes does Parvana put on so she can work in the market as a boy?

A) Her father's

B) Her dead brother's

C) A neighbour's son's

D) Her cousin's

Answer · why

B) Her dead brother's

Her dead brother's clothes had sat in the cupboard since a land mine killed Hossain at fourteen. The sight of Parvana in them upsets her mother, who c...

Q 02/05

In The Breadwinner, what grim job do Parvana and Shauzia take in a bombed Kabul graveyard to earn money fast?

A) Digging up bones

B) Burying coffins

C) Carving headstones

D) Guarding fresh graves

Answer · why

A) Digging up bones

Digging up bones paid so well that the first blanket-load earned what Parvana made in three days at the market. A bone broker weighed the haul on a sc...

Q 03/05

In The Breadwinner, what do Parvana and Shauzia witness in a Kabul stadium where they expected a soccer match?

A) Soldiers burning banned books

B) A parade of seized tanks

C) Thieves losing their hands

D) Prisoners being set free

Answer · why

C) Thieves losing their hands

Thieves losing their hands was a punishment the Taliban staged at the stadium every Friday. Men sitting nearby told the two girls to stay down and hel...

Q 04/05

In The Breadwinner, where do Parvana and Shauzia promise to meet again twenty years after they leave Kabul?

A) The Statue of Liberty

B) The Taj Mahal

C) The Sydney Opera House

D) The Eiffel Tower

Answer · why

D) The Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower is the meeting place, on the first day of spring. Shauzia has been saving to reach France, which she pictures as a land of sunshine a...

Q 05/05

Which Hollywood star and UN goodwill ambassador was an executive producer of the animated film The Breadwinner?

A) Emma Watson

B) Nicole Kidman

C) Angelina Jolie

D) Charlize Theron

Answer · why

C) Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie helped fund the film and had a say in casting its young lead. Her visits to Afghan girls' schools let her advise the film-makers on the...