Setting
What month and year does chapter 51 take place in?
April of 2003
Since 2002, how many refugees have returned home?
Nearly 5 million
What does Laila work as?
A teacher
What do some of the children call Laila?
Mother
What city does Lalia and her family live now?
Kabul
What source states that Afghans remain the biggest producers of refugees in the world, standing at 2.7 million?
UN Refugee's 2011 Global Trends Report
Who does she wish were alive?
Her parents
What things needed fixing in the orphanage?
Who assisted in fixing it?
The walls, the windows, the floors/carpets.
Laila, Zaman, Tariq
What do the Kabulis call the Mujahideen rocket shells that Laila passed by?
Rocket Flowers
To learn more, what website does Hosseini recommend that you visit?
What does Laila convince herself to do after nearly getting hit by a car?
Let it go. Move on.
Who did Tariq find work with? Doing what?
French NGOs, fitting prosthetics for those with missing limbs
What types of trees are seen throughout chapter 51?
Apple, pomergranate.
How many children were commonly lost to the elements each winter and summer?
Fifteen
What is Laila expecting?
A third child
What names are being suggested at the end of the novel?
Mohammad, Omar, Clark
Where is Mariam? (From Lalia's perspective)
In Laila's heart.
What is the UNHCR an acronym for?
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
How old is Laila?
25 y/o
Who is Zaman?
Director of the orphanage