# data[].attributes.body
Do you think Tariq death impacted Laila big time? or not?
"the next day Laila stayed in bed.  Shhe was under the blanket in the morning when Rasheed poked his head and said he was going to the barber.''
Will tariqs death be a big change in the story?
''she doesn't care believe me she doesn't notice.''

# data[].attributes.body
What effects will the death of tariq have on Laila?
Will Lailas family have any different feeling towards Laila about Traiq after this death? Would it just be out of sympthy?
Text Evidence: "the next day, Laila stayed in bed. She was under the blanket in the morning when Rasheed poked his head in and said he was going to the barber. She was still in bed when he came home late in the afternoon" 9pg 217)

# data[].attributes.body
1. How do you think Laila's character will be affected by the death of Tariq, considering he was very close to her?
2. Why is it that Rasheed does not even know his own age?
Text Evidence: "Rasheed himself did not know his exact age. His hair had gone white, but it was as thick and coarse as ever. There was a sag now to his eyelids and the skin of his neck, which was wrinkled and leathery." (214)

# data[].attributes.body
what do you think is causing mariam to treat Laila like that on page 225-226?
will Rasheed find out about the baby? how do you think he'll act?
quote
"you may be palace malika and me a dehati, but i wont take orders from you. You can complain to him and he can slit my throat, but i won't do it. Do you hear me?

# data[].attributes.body
why does laila not tell mariam the truth about the baby?
why does mariam have no sympathy for laila?
"a part of tariq still aive inside her"
'"you should be,"mariam said. "You should be sorry"'

# data[].attributes.body
1.Do you think Laila feels the same way about Tariq, how Mariam felt when her mother died?
2. Why do you think Rasheed lied about how big the piece of metal was that was stuck in Laila's shoulder?
1.

2."Here, he spread his thumb and index finger apart to show her, at least doubling, in Mariam's estimation, the actual size of it."

# data[].attributes.body
1. Why is Rasheed acting so kind to Laila, and still being abusive to Mariam?
2. How do you think Mariam feels about Rasheed giving Laila so much attention, and none to her?
"It was the staged delivery . Like a performance. An attempt on his part, both sly and pathetic, to impress. To charm." Page 213

# data[].attributes.body
1.Why does Rasheed after all this time start abusing Mariam even though he gained her trust and defended her?
2.

# data[].attributes.body
1. How will Laila's unborn child effect the marriage agreement?
2. Now knowing what happened after the bombing and Traiq's death, do you think Mariam's decision to stay with her father saved her life?
Quote 1 : "It's not your decision. It's hers and mine."
Quote 2: "In he morning, the bed was empty. I asked a nurse. She said he fought valiantly."

# data[].attributes.body
1.Do you think mariam felt neglected when Rasheed told her he was gonna ask Mariam to marry him?
2. why did the author make mariams dad so different from Laila's dad, dos it symbolize anything?
pg.220 "with she punctured the pad of her index finger... then let her finger bleed on the sheets where they had lain together."
pg 224 "mariam could see in the stiff way the girl clutched her cup, teh tightened shoulders, that she was nervous."

# data[].attributes.body
1. Why is Rasheed treating Laila so kindly despite him giving  the opposite to Mariam since they get married?
"Like a performance, an attempt on his part, both sly and pathetic,to impress and charm.

2.  Do you think Rasheed will find out that Laila's baby is actually Tariq's?
"How could she jeopardize the only thing she had left of him,of her old life?

# data[].attributes.body
Why does Rasheed decide to be nice to Laila but abusive to Mariam?

Why does Mariam become so upset when she starts to think that Laila is trying to steal her husband?

pg 210 "Now another stranger bringing new of another death. Now she was the one sitting on the chair. Was this her penalty, then, her punishment for being aloof to her own mother's suffering?"

pg 218 "Before Abdul Sharif's visit, Laila had decided to leave for Pakistan. Even after Abdul Sharif came bearing his new, Laila thought now, she might have left. Gone somewhere far from here."

# data[].attributes.body
1. How does Laila feel about Mariam when they are both married to Rasheed
2. What are some differences and similarities to how Rasheed is treating Laila versus when Mariam and him first got married?
pg. 224 "Mariam sat watchingthe girl out of the corner of her eye as Rasheed's demands and judgments rained down on them like the rockets on Kabul."

# data[].attributes.body
1. Why did Laila cut her finger and let it bleed on the sheet?
2. Why is Mariam so upset about Laila and Rasheed being together after all the horrible things he's done?
Text 1: "But even though the baby inside of her was no bigger than a mulberry, Laila already saw the sacrifices a mother had to make." pg 219
Text 2: "A part of Tariq still alive inside of her, sprouting tiny arms, growing translucent hands. How could she jeopardize the only thing she had left of him, of her old life?" pg 219

# data[].attributes.body
"To tell you he was thinking of you. That he missed you. I promised him I would. I'd taken quite a liking to him, you see. He was a decent sort of boy, I could tell."
"Well, I'd say this is downright charitable of me
He smiled.
The way i see it, I deserve a medal"
1. Why did Laila puncture her finger?
2. Why did Rasheed want Mariam to leave the house?

# data[].attributes.body
1. Does Mariam feel upset that Rasheed is so caring towards Laila, yet so abusive to his own wife?
2. Why does Mariam seem to hate Lila so much for marrying Rasheed, even though Mariam never loved Rasheed anyway?
3. "Was this her penalty, then, her punishment for being aloof to her own mother's suffering?" pg. 210.
4. "Mariam was a thirty-three-year-old woman now, but that word, harami, still had sting. Hearing it still made her feel like she was a pest, a cockroach," pg. 222

# data[].attributes.body
1. Why are Mariam and Rasheed in the hospital with Laila instead of Lailas parents?
2.  Why do you think Mariam agreed to get married?
Text: " It wasn't so much what he said, the blatant lies, then contrived empathy, or even the fact that he had not raised a hand to her, Mariam since he had dug the girl out from under those bricks. It was a staged delivery. Like a performance. An attempt on his part, both sly and pathetic, to impress. To charm." Pg:213

# data[].attributes.body
- why do you think Laila's house was targeted? was it for a reason?
- is Tariq actually dead?
- will Laila ever tell rasheed that the baby is not his but Tariq's?
-do you think Laila would run away to try and get closure or proof that Tariq is actually dead?
"And if you think you can use yor looks to get rid of me, you're wrong. I was here first. I won't be thrown out. I won't have you cast me out"
i choose that quote because it shows how Mariam is affected by the "new wife" and how she thinks that Laila is steeling her husband.

# data[].attributes.body
-How does the death of Tariq effect laila?
-what do you think happened to lailas parents?
-"I'm so sorry," Rasheed said to the girl, taking his bowl of mastawa and meatballs from Mariam without looking at her. 'I know you were very close...friends...the two of you'" (211).
- "No matter. The point is, I am your husband now, and it falls on me to guard not only your honor but ours, yes, our nang and namoos. That is the husband's burden" (223).

# data[].attributes.body
Will Laila find Tariq again"
Is Tariq really dead or is it just a lie from Rasheed to get her to marry him?
Will Rasheed find out that the baby she has is Tariq's?
"Sometimes she retched and retched, threw up everything Mariam fed her." (Used this quote because she is pregnant before she is even married to Rasheed, so it's my proof that she's pregnant with Tariq's child.)