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Friday june 7 2012

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. I think that Parvana is not sure to go in the store because in the text it says " Women were not allowed to go into the shops. Men were supposed to do all the shopping, but I women did it, they had to stands outside and call in or for what they needed." so that tells Parvana only man are allowed to enter shops, but parvana can enter the store because it says in the text, " Women were not allowed to go into the shops." so that means that parvana can enter the store because she is not a women yet.

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 and toiletries, like in chapter six paragraph 2 and 3 it says in the text,"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. I think 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 because she really likes her hair.

4. I would feel kinda weird because i'm not use to having short hair i'm use to having long hair. Also I would feel kinda sad because I like my hair long, but if I have to do it for food and water I would do it for my family.