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"the city held its breath. In the mountains, loaded magazines snapped into Kalashnikovs."
Will Mammy be able to leave Afghanistan now that her sons enemy has been defeated?

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"Mammy was soon asleep, leaving Laila with dueling emotions; reassured that Mammy meant to live on, stung that she was not the reason. She would never leave her mark on Mammy's heart the way her brothers had, because Mammy's heart was like a pallid beach where Laila's footprints would forever wash away beneath the waves of sorrow that swelled and crashed, swelled and crashed." -Pg 144, Chapter 20.

How is Mammy's deteriorating state affecting the mental health of her daughter? Do you think Mammy might get better?

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"And when the rockets began to rain down on Kabul, people ran for cover. Mammy did too, literally. She changed into blacked again, shut the curtains, and pulled the blanket  over her head."(Runner, 172)
How will mammy going back into her depression effect things/Laila?

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"They knew that Mammy wasn't going anywhere. Leaving Afghanistan had been unthinkable to her while Ahmad and Noor were still alive. Now that they were shaheed, packing up and running was even worse affront, a betrayal, a disavowal of the sacrifice her sons made," (Hosseini, 151)

Do you think Tariq should have joined the fight by trying to stop it? Or did he make it worse?

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"And when the rockets began to rain down on Kabul, people ran for cover. Mammy did too, literally. She changed into black again, went to her room, shut the curtains, and pulled the blanket over her head."

Why does Fariba care more about the political climate of her nation than her own family?

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"The Mujahideen, armed to the teeth but now lacking a common enemy, had found the enemy in each other." (172)
Now that the war has been brought to Kabul, how do you think it will change Laila's way of life? In what ways do you think Laila is effected by all of these years of warfare?

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"Mammy was soon asleep, leaving Laila with dueling emotions: reassured that Mammy meant to live on, stung that she was not the reason." (144)
How has Mammy's depression caused her to neglect her husband and daughter?

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"And when the film ended and they stepped outside, Laila was relieved to see that the sky had dimmed, that she wouldn't have to meet Tariq's eyes in the bright daylight."

Where will Laila and Tariq's relationship go?

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Why did Afghanistans new government fall so quickly?

Pg 172 "Insults were hurled. Fingers pointed. Accusations flew. Meetings were angrily called off and doors slammed. The city held its breath. In the mountains, loaded magazines snapped into Kalashnikovs."

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"Laila felt like she was no better than these pots and pans, something that could go neglected, then laid claim to, a will, whenever the mood struck." Pg.164
Do you think Laila and her mother's relationship will be strained for the rest of the story?

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"The day after Najibullah surrendered, Mammy rose from bed a new woman. For the first time in the five years since Ahmad and Noor had become Shaheed, she didnt wear black. Her voice was shrill with merriment. "
pg. 160

Do you think think that Mammy will stay happy and excited and feel proud of her children, or will something else tragic happen?

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"'I'm never getting married,' Tariq whispered. 'Me neither,' said Laila, but not before a moment of nervous hesitation. She worried that her voice had betrayed her disappointment at what he had said. Her heart galloping, she added, more forcefully this time, 'Never.'" pg. 156

Despite their young age, could Laila and Tariq get married soon and would it be good for Laila?

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"He dropped on the edge of the couch, hands between his knees. Laila waited for some kind of reassurance from him. But all she got was a bewildered, hollow-eyed look." pg.144

Do you think that Mammy will ever be happy again, or did her sons deaths destroy her?

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"The next day after Najibullah surrendered, Mammy rose from bed a new woman. For the first time in five years since Ahmad and Noor had become shaheed, she didn't wear black." (Hosseini, 160)

Do you believe that Mammy will go through a cycle of being closed up then normal again?

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"But all she ran into was their absence. And Laila. Which, Laila believed, had become one and the same to Mammy." (page 141)
Do you think Fabria's sickness will continue for a great length of time, and if it does, how will that affect her relationship with Laila and Hakim?

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"There were grey strands in Mammy's hair now. And it startled Laila how much weight Mammy, who'd always been plump, had lost. Her cheeks had a sallow, drawn look. The blouse she was wearing drooped over her shoulders, and there was a gaping space between her neck and the collar."
How do you think Mammy's mental illness has gotten worse after the death of her sons?

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"I thought about it the night we got the news," I won't lie to you, I've thought about it since too." pg. 144
Why do think Babi wants to leave Afghanistan?

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„Some days” Mammy said in an hoarse voice, „I listen to that clock ticking in the hallway. Then I think of all the ticks, all the minutes, all the hours and days and weeks and months and years waiting for me. All of it without you. And I can’t breathe then, like someone’s stepping on my heart, Laila. I get so weak. So weak I just want to collapse somewhere.
Mammy is explaining that she cant even bear another moment without Lalia. She wants to have her right next to her side. Mammy feels as if she has wasted all of the time they could have spent together.

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"You're a good daughter, Mammy said after a deep sigh. And I haven't been much of a mother to you." (pg.143)
Do you Mammy is right in what she is saying, that she is a bad mother. And if so why?

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"But Laila knew that her future was no match for her brothers' past. They had overshadowed her in life. They would obliterate her in death. Mammy was now the curator of their lives' museum and she, Laila, a mere visitor. A receptacle for their myths. A parchment paper on which Mammy meant to ink their legends."
"she would never leave her mark on Mammy;s heart the way her brothers did, because mammy's heart is like a pallid beach where Laila's footprints would forever wash away beneath the waves of sorrow that swelled and crashed, swelled and crashed." 144