Book Vocab
An enveloping outer garment worn by women in some Islamic traditions to cover their bodies in public places
What is a burqa
What cartoon did Mariam want to see with her father?
What is Pinnocchio
How many children did Laila have?
What is 2
What is the system of government in the beginning of the book?
What is a monarchy
What foreshadowed the death of Mariam's mother?
What is Nana said she would die if Mariam went to the movie with Jalil and Mariam did not listen to her warnings
Spirits that supposedly inhabited Nana's body
What is Jinn
How old was Mariam when she married Rasheed?
What is 15
How old was Laila when she married Rasheed?
What is 14
What is King Zahir Shah
Why did Laila willingly marry Rasheed?
What is she was told that Tariq had been killed
A fool
What is Ahmaq
What was Mariam's sentence for killing Rasheed?
What is she was shot
Who was the real father of Laila's first born child?
What is Tariq
When did the Taliban take over Afghanistan?
What is 1994
What happens to Aziza when the family is sturggling to provide money and food?
What is she is put in an orphanage
Child born out of wedlock (Term people call Mariam)
What is Harami
Where was Mariam born?
What is Herat
Who rescued Laila when her house was destroyed?
What is Mariam and Rasheed
What is one rule that the Taliban had for women?
What is "you will not make eye contact with men"
How does Rasheed die?
What is he is killed with a shovel by Mariam
Spread of items laid out on the floor for eating
What is Sofrah
What was the name of Mariam's tutor?
What is Mullah Faizullah
What were the names of Laila's children?
What is Aziza and Zalmai
What is one rule that the Taliban had for men?
What is "all men will grow out their beards"
Where do Laila and Tariq move at the very end of the book?
What is back to Kabul