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Characters
Dates
Taliban
Traditions
Education & Rights
100
Who is the main character?
Latifa
100
What year did the last of the Soviet troops leave Afghanistan?
1989
100
What is a significant requirement put in place for men?
They must grow beards.
100
True or False? Women were required to always wear the chadri before the Taliban took over.
False
100
True or False? Latifa was the top of her class.
True
200
Which of Latifa's sisters gets married?
Shakila
200
In what year do the Taliban take over Kabul?
1996
200
What do the Taliban claim they are promoting?
Islam
200
Why were most doctors women?
Most men refused to allow a male doctor to touch their wives.
200
What career did Latifa plan to pursue?
Journalism
300
Which characters go to Peshawar, Pakistan because they are sick?
Mama and Latifa
300
When did Latifa's parents get married?
1964
300
What do the Taliban say wearing white shoes means?
They claim that wearing white shoes is stepping on the Taliban flag because the flag is white.
300
What miracle does Latifa believe she sees at the temple?
A man gets his sight back.
300
What is a mahran?
A male escort (husband, father, brother).
400
Who is Latifa "replacing" when she starts the underground school?
Mrs. Fawzia (former teacher)
400
When do the Taliban leave Kabul?
2001
400
What did Daoud say that the Taliban did at his university?
Massacre (cut off limbs, hung people, etc.)
400
Why did women usually wear the chadri?
They normally wore the chadri for prayer and special holidays.
400
Who knows the most English in Latifa's family?
Mama
500
What was Latifa's mother's career?
Gynecologist (female doctor)
500
When did Afghan women obtain the right to vote?
1964
500
What were some of the rights the Taliban took away from women?
freedom to be outside, to wear makeup, to see a doctor, etc. (other answers are possible)
500
What is Sharia Law?
strict law based on Islamic texts
500
What did it say on the door above the prison they visited when Wahid was arrested?
"Prison is the second school of life."