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Why didn't shauzia bring her family to france too

was it too expensive?

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Why does Shauzia feel so strongly she has to leave?

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What will happen to Nooria?
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How and what is Shauzia feeling when she makes the decision to start a new life in Paris?

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How would you feel if you had to work as hard as Parvana?

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Why does Shauzia feel so strongly she has to leave?


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Sophia
Sophia
"The little gifts from the window kept landing on Parvana's blanket every couple of weeks. Sometimes it was a piece of embroidery. Sometimes it was a piece of candy or a single bead." What are these gifts for?
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Dylan C.

How would you feel if you had to spend the entire summer without your family? 


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What will happen to Nooria and her mother?

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Why does Shauzia want to go to France alone

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Why does the window woman giving Parvana gifts

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Why do you think the woman is giving these items to Parvana? Explain your answer.

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If you were Parvana would you agree to to dig up the bones?

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Why does Shauzia feel so strongly she has to leave?

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How would you feel if you saw your whole family get shot right in front of you?

“‘They grabbed my father and my brother and took them outside. They shot them right in the street. My mother started hitting them, they shot her too.’” [151]

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"The little gifts from the window kept landing on Parvana's blanket every couple of weeks. Sometimes it was a piece of embroidery. Sometimes it was a piece of candy or a single bead." What are these gifts for and who is the woman who is giving them to her?

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How would you feel if you had to spend the entire summer without your family?

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1. “‘We will return to Kabul in October.’ We can't leave Kabul!,’ Parvanna explained.” (136) “ Although she was glad to remain in Kabul, Parvanna found herself that they weren't taking her with them.” (138)

2. Why does Parvanna want and not want to go to Nooria's wedding?

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How would you feel if someone saw you digging up bones for money and why

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Here, I brought you these.” She handed Parvana a small twist of paper holding several dried apricots, something she had not eaten in ages. She counted them. There was one for everyone in her household, and an extra one for here to eat right now.”(96)
Why did Shauzia go out of her way to do something so nice for someone that they barely remember.

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Why did so many people come to the stadium to watch thieves hands come off?

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Why does Parvana keep getting gifts from the window woman?

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Are parvana and shauzia becoming closer friends due to circumstances or are they just friends in the first place

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1. Probing question: Do you think the author of this book (Deborah Ellis) was working in one of the refugee camps that Nooria, Mother, Maryam and Ali had possibly fled to?

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Who was the woman in the window and why was she important?

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Why was Parvana's father let out of prison?

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If you were parvana and you were with Shauzia would you caver her mouth or would you scream too?

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If you were parvana and you were with Shauzia would you caver her mouth or would you scream too?

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Why doesn’t Parvana feel like she can that she is digging up bones to her mother’s face? Does she feel guilty?

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Why did the Taliban put landmines everywhere?

Why did the Taliban randomly arrest and release Parvana's father?

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How much does Parvana put money over herself?

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How much does Parvana put money over herself?

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I wonder why Shauzia was so excited and happy to go to the mines to dig up the bones?

Why is the window lady keep giving Parvana gifts?

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How do you think Shauzia feels about having a large family that fights all the time? Explain.

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if the bone broker is standing by the graveyard why does he not go and get them for himself instead he buys  them off people?

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Why did Nooria get married just to give ti school why doesn't she just go to school and not get married.

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Why is Parvana so open about her secret to a woman she hasn't even met yet? Explain your answer.

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Why does the window woman keep leaving Parvana gifts? Explain your answer.
“After checking to see that no one was watching, she took a look at the latest present from the window woman. It was a lovely white handkerchief with red embroidery around the edges.” (102)

Why aren't Mrs. Weera and Homa going with Parvana's family to Mazar? Explain why you think that.

“Mrs. Weera was going to Pakistan. ‘Homa will come with me. ‘We’ll put her to work there.” (160)

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If you were Nooria How would you feel if your sister refused to come to your wedding?

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Do you think that Shauzia will regret leaving Kabul?

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The person in the window is giving her things, but why?

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The person in the window is giving her things, but why?

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Why did Shauzia give Parvana apricots for her family when they were not friends?

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Probing Question: I wonder why Shauzia was so eager and excited to go to the mines to dig up the bones?
“Shauzia handed Parvana one of the rough boards she’d brought along to use as a shovel.

“Come on, let’s get busy.”{105}

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“Through the dusty front windshield she could see Mount Parvana, the snow on its peak sparkling in the sun” (166).

Why is this passage at the end of the novel important? What message Deborah Ellis is trying to send to the reader by ending the novel in this way? Explain your answer.

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“She popped a dried apricot into her mouth and rolled its sweetness around on her tongue” (163).

Why does Shauzia give Parvana a bag of dried apricots? Shauzia gave Parvana apricots earlier in the novel as well. What do you think the apricots symbolize or represent? Explain your answer.