Characters
This is the name of Laila’s best friend and neighbor.
Who is Tariq?
This is the City that Laila lives in.
What is Kabul?
What city did Tariq lose his leg in?
What is Ghazni?
”___had told her that his parents were taking him south to the city of Ghazni”
Who is Tariq?
When Tariq beats the bully what emotion is this?
What is anger?
Laila’s father, a former teacher who values education for women.
Who is Babi?
The time period these chapters are set in.
What is the late 1980s?
Who bully’s Tariq and Laila?
Who is Khadim?
Who is Being warned “now he waved the gun. don’t worry he said. This won’t show. Not on your hair.”
Who is Khadim?
Laila and Tariq’s relationship shows this growing theme.
What is love?
Who also fell in love with a neighbor when they were young?
Who is Mammy?
What group is fighting to push the Soviets out of Afghanistan?
Who are the mujahideen?
This is what Babi says is the only way Laila can have power.
What is to get an education?
Who says “ I think Mullah Giti here has a crush on Tariq.”
Who is Hasina?
Babi’s support of Laila going to university represents this theme.
What is gender equality?
How old is Tariq?
Who is 6?
What big change could happen in the city after the Soviets leave?
What is civil war?
Name one think Babi thought the communists did right?
what is educatio?
She went to Chicken Street with _____, _____?
Who is Hasina And Giti.
The conflict around them affects Laila’s childhood, showing this theme.
What is war’s impact on innocent live?
Who is a kind of Ghost in Laila’s life
Who is Mammy?
What season is it in Kabul?“ (No using your book that’s cheating!)
What is Spring?
What food did Tariqs mother make on page 128?
What is Pickled eggplant and carrot marmalade?
”The teachers name was _____, but, behind her back, the students called her Khala Rangmal” pg 111 (use book if to hard)
Who is Shanzai?
The emptiness Laila feels in her home, even when physically safe, reflects this theme.
What is searching for belonging?