A Thousand Splendid Suns

Who nurses Laila back to health after her house is bombed? -

Rasheed and Mariam

Rasheed compares Laila and Mariam to two different kinds of ? -

Cars

By the end of Chapter 27, Laila knows that _ are dead. -

Babi and Mammy

Rasheed tells Laila that by marrying her he is being ___. -

Charitable

Rasheed says he is responsible for protecting Laila and Mariam's "Nang" and "Namoos." These are: -

Honor and Pride

Why did Rasheed's first son drown in the river? -

Rasheed was drunk while he was supposed to be watching his son.

Both Laila and Mariam like the burqa because: -

it provides anonymity

How do Laila and Mariam first cope with their traumas? -

They yell at each other

Mariam says Laila's sin of giving birth to a girl is: -

worse than her own sin of not bearing any children.

When Rasheed says, "Some people can't be dead enough," he is talking about: -

Tariq

Of all the rules enforced by the Taliban, most of them are for: -

women

Why are Laila and Mariam interrogated by Taliban police? -

They try to run away from Rasheed

What hypocrisy does Laila point out to the policeman that interrogates her? -

He claims to maintain order and uphold laws, but he is sending her to Rasheed who will beat her.

When the Taliban officer delivers Mariam and Laila home to Rasheed, he says "Welcome home." This is an example of: -

Irony

Rasheed threatens that he will make Laila watch _. -

as he kills Mariam, then Aziza, before killing Laila.

Rasheed buys a Pepsi to drink while watching the Taliban publicly punish people at the stadium. This is an example of: -

Irony

Mariam takes on the role of a kind of other for Laila and realizes motherhood requires several ___. -

sacrafices

As a kind of mother to Laila, Mariam reflects on her relationship with Nana and wishes: -

She had been a better daughter

Rasheed has endless patience for: -

Zalmai

In a dream, Laila imagines she is burying _ behind the toolshed. -

Aziza

Why does Laila think Titanic Fever has hit Kabul? -

Everyone wants to be rescued by a hero like Jack.

What problem is worsened when Rasheed's shop burns down? -

The family has even less money and can't afford to feed everyone.

Mariam regrets being too ___ to see Jalil when he came to visit in 1987. -

proud

Why do the Taliban probably blow up the Bamiyan Buddhas? -

They aren't Islamic symbols

What fact does Aziza tell Laila and Mariam which is a metaphor for their own suffering? -

Earthquakes have deep conflict but only show small tremors on the surface

What does Laila infer when she sees Tariq waiting for her at her door? -

Abdul Sharif was paid by Rasheed to lie to her so Laila would marry Rasheed.

If this were a movie, when Tariq recounts his life since he left for Pakistan, the scene would be a: -

flashback

Why does Mariam kill Rasheed? -

to save Laila's life and the lives of Aziza and Zalmai.

Mariam's first and only decision about her life is ironic because: -

It is the decision to turn herself in to the Taliban for which she will be executed

Right before Rasheed dies, he _. -

pees his pants

True or False: Now that Rasheed is dead, Mariam and Laila are can live safely in their home. -

False: The war and the Taliban make the situation life-or-death for the two women and the children

A dynamic character is one that -

changes over the course of the story

At the women's prison, the Taliban hypocritically do this, which contradicts their own laws. -

They spy on the female prisoners while they're naked.

Which character from the prison reminds Mariam of Nana's advice that "a man's accusing finger always finds a woman?" -

Naghma

Before she is executed, Mariam regrets -

her unkindness and depriving Zalmai of a father

The Taliban exact punishment on Afghani citizens and justify their actions using this principle as a main reason for their killing. -

religion

True or False: Now that Laila, Tariq, Aziza, and Zalmai live in Murree, they are at peace. -

False: They are still haunted by nightmares and flashbacks of their pasts.

Jalil leaves Mariam a VHS of as a way of apologizing for the way he treated her on her 15th birthday and throughout her life. -

Pinocchio

Why don't Laila, Tariq, Aziza, and Zalmai use girl names in their game of picking a name for Laila's third child? -

Laila has already decided that, if it is a girl, her name will be Mariam.