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How might Tariq's leaving affect Laila in the future? How is Tariq affected?

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How is Laila's family affected separately by moving out of Kabul? What does that say about their character?

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How is Laila's family affected separately by moving out of Kabul? What does that say about their character?

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How is Laila's family affected separately by moving out of Kabul? What does that say about their character?

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"Pakistan, where Tariq was! Tariq was only gone seventeen days, Laila calculated excitedly." (188)
"The last thing she was aware of was seeing something thud to the ground nearby." (194)
Do you think Laila and her family are going to be safe after the bombing? Do you think everyone survived?
If something happened to Lailas parents do you think she'll try to find Tariq on her own?

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"Giti's mother had run up and down the street where Giti was killed, collecting pieces of her daughters flesh in an apron..."

Do you think Laila should've taken Tariq's hand and married him?

Do you think Tariq is safe where he is?

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Why did it take so long to finally convince Mammy to leave Kabul?

"Giti was dead. Dead.  Blown to pieces. At last, Laila began to weep for her friend. And all the tears that she hadn't been able to shed at her brothers' funeral came pouring down." pg. 179

Why does Laila say that she's all that Babi has left so she can leave him to marry Tariq, but he still has his wife? pg 184

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"One could not count the moons that shimmer over her roofs, or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind
her walls."
How is Laila's family affected separately by moving out of Kabul? What does that say about their character?

"She would not miss him as she did now, when the ache of his absence was her unremitting companion- like the phantom pain of an amputee."
What do you think would have happened if Tariq had left with Laila?

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What will Laila and Mammy do now, Where will they go?
Will there be a conclusion to Laila and Tiraq?

"one could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls." (192)
"The streets became so unsafe that Babi had did an unthinkable thing: He had Laila drop out of school." (177)

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"It's my father I cant leave, i'm all he has left. His heart couldn't take it either."- Laila (pg.184)
Do you think that laila's father would have wanted her to marry Tariq?
"There would come a day, in fact, years later, when Laila would no longer bewail his loss." (pg.187)
Do you think that Laila will really forget about Tariq?
why did lailas family decide to leave so late ?
Why did the author decide to switch to nine years later
do you think tariq will come back for laila- said he would?

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"Laila pictured the beach again. Except now the singing was all around. And growing. Louder and louder by the moment, higher and higher. It flooded her ears. Drowned everything else out," (Hosseini,  193)

Why do you think Laila was so immersed in her daydreaming that it even blocked out what was happening around her?

Do you think Laila will blame herself for her parents' death like Mariam did?

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Now that Laila was struck will they still leave?
Do you think Tariq made it out of Afghanistan?

"Laila dropped the books to her feet. She looked up to the sky. Shielded her eyes with one hand. Then a giant roar. Behind her, a flash of white." (Pg 193)

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"Others still called them Mujahideen, but, when they did, they made a face-a sneering, distasteful face-the word reeking of deep aversion and deep scorn. Like an insult." pg 176
Why doesn't Mammy want to leave?
What will happen now that Laila's parents are likely dead?

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Will Laila be okay after the explosion?
Did her father make it out?
Did Mammy even make it out or did she get hurt?
"The last thing she was aware of was seeing something thud to the ground nearby. A bloody chunk of something. On it, the tip of a red bridge poking through thick fog" (Hosseini, 194)

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What do you think could happen now that Laila's parents are dead?
Even though Fariba does not want to leave Kabul, why do you think she ultimately makes the decision to go? Is this the end of her mourning her sons?
How has the people of Kabul's views on the Mujahideen changed since their arrival?
"Fariba, all these people know is war," said Babi. "They learned to walk with a milk bottle in one hand and a gun in the other." (A Thousand Splendid Suns, page 177)

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"After Giti's death, and the thousands of rounds fired and myriad rockets that had fallen on Kabul, it was the sight of that single round hole in the gate, that had shook Mammy awake. Made her see that one war had cost her two children already; this latest could cost her remaining one."
pg. 189
Who will take in Laila now that Tariq and her family are both gone?
Who was the man and woman standing above her after she had been hit by the bomb?

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"And this is what Mammy's heroes were called now. Warlords. Laila had heard them called tofangdar too. Riflemen. Others called them Mujahideen, but, when they did, they made a face-a sneering, distasteful face-the word reeking of deep aversion and deep scorn. Like an insult." -Chapter 24, pages 175-176.

Based on this passage from the text, what do you think Laila's stance on the war is?

What do you think she's thinking/feeling?

How has Mammy's character changed throughout the past few chapters?

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~Will Laila ever get to leave the country?
~Do you believe there will be any repercussions because of what Tariq and Laila did?
~Why was Laila obsessed with figuring out what Tariq had said?
"...either Am I hurting you? or Is this hurting you? Laila couldn't decide what he had said. Am I hurting you? Is this hurting you?" (Hosseini, 187)

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"In his element, amid his books, he looked taller to Laila. His voice seemed to rise from a calmer, deeper place, and he didn't blink nearly as much." pg,177

Why do you think Mammy refuses to leave Kabul even though everyone she knows and loves is in danger?

Do you think Laila will ever be able to find Tariq and start a new life with him outside of Kabul?

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"The neighborhood had been all drained of familiar face.. Laila hardly recognized anybody on the streets anymore."
pg. 181
Will Laila lose feelings for Tariq even though he is leaving her ?
How is being a women in Afghanistan so hard to live?

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"Giti was dead. Dead. Blown to pieces. At last, Laila began to weep for her friend. And all the tears that she hadn't been able to shed at her brother's funeral came pouring down." Pg.179
What will happen to Laila now?
Will Laila ever meet Tariq again?

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"Then the blast, blissfully elsewhere, followed by an explosion of breath and the knowledge that they had been spared for now while somewhere else, amid cries and choking clouds of smoke, there was a scrambling, a bare-handed frenzy of digging, of pulling from the debris, what remained of a sister, a brother, a grandchild." (Page 174)
How do you think Laila being hit by the bomb will affect her family's flea?
Will Tariq find out about this and if he does, how will he react?

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"[Tariq says] 'I want to marry you, Laila.'... 'Let me marry you, Laila. Today. We could get married today.'" pg. 183
Where is Laila now after her injuries?
Do you believe Laila has accepted her decision to have sex?
Could Tariq be a loving husband at such a young age?

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Has Mammy been so transformed by her grief that seeing a peaceful Afghanistan (to give her sons death meaning) is now more important than the safety of her family?
"You go then. Take your daughter and run away. Send me a postcard. But peace is coming, and I, for one, am going to wait for it." (177)
Did anyone else catch this line on page 187? "She would not miss his as she did now, when the ache of his absence was her unremitting companion - like the phantom pain of an amputee." This is a really awesome metaphor. It relates the pain of losing a loved one to losing a physical part of yourself. Just as Tariq lost his leg, the limb that literally supported him, Laila has lost the love of her life, the person who who has emotionally supported her through this awful violence.

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"Laila saw three drops of blood  on the rug, her blood, and pictured her parents sitting on this couch latter, oblivious to the sin that she had committed."(pg.183)

Why do you think that Laila did this action where she did. Do you think she will get in trouble?
How do think the bombing will affect the characters? Will it turn around their life of just change how they see the world.

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"It wasn't so much the whistling itself, Laila thought later, but the seconds between the start of it and impact. The brief and in-terminable time of feeling suspended. The not knowing. The waiting." (pg. 173)

How do you think he events in the story will affect Laila's life? (war)
How do you think the bombing will affect Laila's parents?

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"at night, Laila lay in bed and watched the sudden white flashes reflected in her window. She listened to the rattling of automatic gunfire and counted the rockets whining overhead as the house shook and flakes of plaster rained down from her ceiling." pg 174
What trauma do you think Laila has went through during this time?
"laila and the rest of their city watched as helpless as old santiago watching the sharks take bites out of his prize fish." pg 174
"one could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, or the one thousand splendid sunds that hide behind her walls" page 192
How is this quote significant to the book?