What is Babi is short, very educated, likes to read, and is controlled by his wife.
100
What historical landmark does Babi take Laila and Tariq to see? What is Babi reminded of from this visit?
What is Buddha, and it reminds Babi of when he was young with Mammy (Fariba) before she was older and depressed and filled with emptiness.
100
What does Laila mean when she describes the bomb blasts as "blissfully elsewhere?"
What is she and her family were safe because the bomb had landed somewhere else.
100
in a loud and excited manner
What is boisterously?
200
unconquerable
What is indomitable?
200
How is Laila's teacher different from an American school teacher? How is she similiar?
What is Different: She hits the students and supports the invading country - the Soviet Union.
What is the Same: She wants fair treatment for all, including women, especially in education.
200
Babi speaks about leaving Kabul, but Babi what is it that prevents him from leaving?
What is Babi's wife controls him and she does not want to leave because her sons will return to Kabul.
200
What event causes Tariq to buy a gun?
What is Tariq starts to carry a gun for safety because the war moved into Kabul in June of 1992.
200
Describe Laila’s relationship with Tariq’s family and what do they fondly call her?
What is Tariq's family loves Laila, have her over for dinner often, treat her well, and fondly call her their daughter-in-law.
300
people who give their lives for their beliefs
What is a martyr?
300
Why does Laila wash herself thoroughly after she is squirted by Hakim's squirt gun?
What is the squirt gun was filled with urine.
300
What do Tariq and Laila say about marriage while watching the movie? Why is this ironic?
What is they say that they never wanted to get married? It is ironic because they are very much in love with each other.
300
Why does Laila want to stay in Kabul?
What is Laila wants to stay in Kabul because Tariq is there.
300
embarrassed
What is sheepish?
400
to destroy
What is obliterate?
400
What suggests that Mammy is depressed?
What is Mammy doesn't talk, sleeps too much, waits for her sons to come home, loses weight, doesn't shower, etc.
400
What happens to Hasina? What happens to Giti?
What is Hasina is married off to her cousin, and Giti is killed as a result of the bombings.
400
Why does Laila say she cannot marry Tariq?
What is Laila says she cannot leave Babi because he has a bad heart.
400
What “painful task” does Babi have in preparing to move?
What is Babi is having a hard time deciding what to take and what to leave, especially with his books.
500
obvious
What is conspicuous?
500
What happens when Laila tells Tariq and Khadim about his squirt gun?
What is he takes off his prosthetic leg and beats Khadim with his artificial leg.
500
What is the news that Mammy receives that dampers her spirits?
What is Mammy finds out that her sons, Ahmad and Noor, were killed in the war.
500
What happens to Laila's family and Laila at the end of part 2, chapter 26?
What is the family is packing to move away from Kabul, Laila is thinking about Tariq, and a bomb hits the house killing Mammy and Babi while seriously injuring Lailal.
500
What can you infer has happened to Laila since the explosion?
What is Laila was knocked unconscious as a result of the bombing, her family was most likely killed, and she is slowly recovering.