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1. On page 54 Parvana struggles with whether or not to enter the shop. Why is Parvana not sure what to do?

2. How does having Mrs. Weera around change things for the family. Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

3. Why is Parvana so upset about getting her hair cut?

4. Parvana has to change her gender in order to support her family. She is hesitant at first, but then accepts that she must do this. How would you feel in her position?

1. Parvana is not sure what to do and struggles if she should go in or not because she thinks if she acted like a woman ,she would get in trouble for not wearing her burqa and if she acted like a boy she would get in trouble for not being a woman. So she is wondering what she should do but then goes and acts like a woman.

2. Mrs. Weera changes the family by taking all of the things they do. She tells Parvana to be a boy in disguise so she could work and buy supplies like food like in chapter six paragraph 2 and 3,"As a boy, you'll be able to move in and out of the market, buy what we need, and no one will stop you," Mother said."It's a perfect solution," Mrs. Weera said.

3. Parvana is so upset about getting her cut because her hair means a girl and without her hair then she would become a boy, so she worries about her hair and refuses to cut it.

4. I wouldn't really care if I had to change genders because I have the experience feeling like a boy. And do what a boy does. Not lots a girls would want to do this but I want the experience to be a boy. Also I would do this because it is for my family. No matter what happens and how ridiculous it is, I would still do it for my family.