The Breadwinner "Understanding
The Breadwinner:
A STUDY GUIDE
How to use the study guide:
• Read the questions for each chapter BEFORE you read the novel.
• Look for the answers as you read making sure to highlight the passages in the novel that assist you in answering the study guide questions.
• Highlight in your text any quotations noted in the study guide.
• Respond to the study guide questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES. You should write at least two-three thoughtful sentences for each question.
Characters:
- Parvane (11 years old, 6th grade)
- Nooria (older sister)
- Maryam (5 years – younger sister)
- Mother
- Father
- Ali (2years – younger brother)
Vocabulary
Chapter 1 vocabulary
- Chador = a large piece of dark-colored cloth, typically worn by Muslim women, wrapped around the head and upper body to leave only the face exposed.
Sentence: These women have to wear a chador.
- -Marveled = a wonderful or astonishing person or thing: the marvels of technology | Charlie, you're a marvel!
Sentence: That child is really marveled.
- Labyrinth = Anatomy a complex structure in the inner ear that contains the organs of hearing and balance. It consists of bony cavities (the bony labyrinth) filled with fluid and lined with sensitive membranes (the membranous labyrinth).
Sentence: Going through a labyrinth is very hard and confusing.
- Relented = abandon or mitigate a harsh intention or cruel treatment: she was going to refuse his request, but relented. (Esp. of bad weather) become less severe or intense: by evening the rain
Sentence: Your parents relented you when you were very young.
- Forbade = refuse to allow (something): environmental laws forbid alteration of the coast. See note at prohibit order (someone) not to do something: I was forbidden from leaving Russia | [trans.] my doctor has forbidden me to eat sugar.
Sentence: She forbade you to wear that.
- Decreed = an official order issued by a legal authority.
Sentence: Mr. President issued a
A STUDY GUIDE
How to use the study guide:
• Read the questions for each chapter BEFORE you read the novel.
• Look for the answers as you read making sure to highlight the passages in the novel that assist you in answering the study guide questions.
• Highlight in your text any quotations noted in the study guide.
• Respond to the study guide questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES. You should write at least two-three thoughtful sentences for each question.
Characters:
- Parvane (11 years old, 6th grade)
- Nooria (older sister)
- Maryam (5 years – younger sister)
- Mother
- Father
- Ali (2years – younger brother)
Vocabulary
Chapter 1 vocabulary
- Chador = a large piece of dark-colored cloth, typically worn by Muslim women, wrapped around the head and upper body to leave only the face exposed.
Sentence: These women have to wear a chador.
- -Marveled = a wonderful or astonishing person or thing: the marvels of technology | Charlie, you're a marvel!
Sentence: That child is really marveled.
- Labyrinth = Anatomy a complex structure in the inner ear that contains the organs of hearing and balance. It consists of bony cavities (the bony labyrinth) filled with fluid and lined with sensitive membranes (the membranous labyrinth).
Sentence: Going through a labyrinth is very hard and confusing.
- Relented = abandon or mitigate a harsh intention or cruel treatment: she was going to refuse his request, but relented. (Esp. of bad weather) become less severe or intense: by evening the rain
Sentence: Your parents relented you when you were very young.
- Forbade = refuse to allow (something): environmental laws forbid alteration of the coast. See note at prohibit order (someone) not to do something: I was forbidden from leaving Russia | [trans.] my doctor has forbidden me to eat sugar.
Sentence: She forbade you to wear that.
- Decreed = an official order issued by a legal authority.
Sentence: Mr. President issued a