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pg 377. "she found their hands still clamped together, in the white-knuckle, anxious way of children clutching balloon strings."
1. Will Zalmai ever know what happen to his father?
2. How will Mariam's life be viewed in Laila's, Zalmai's, and Aziza's point of view?

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text evidence: "Laila suggests to Tariq that she'd like to move back to Kabul."

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1. do you think that the family will be riddled with nightmares and terrors or will they get better
2. do you think aziza will love tariq and treat him like his father rather than rasheed
"they killed him. Ahmad Shah Massoud. He's dead." pg 382

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1. How do you think Mariam would've felt reading Jalil's letter?
2. Why does Laila want to visit the home where Mariam lived as a young girl?
3. "Laila has moved on. Because i the end she knows that's all she can do. That and hope." pg 411

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1. What effect do you think Rasheed had on Aziza?
2. Do you think that Tariq thinks going back is a good or bad idea?
Pg. 390
"Laila cannot believe that they have found each other again, that he is really here, with her, that he is her husband."

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1. why did tariq cry after he held zalmai
2. do you think going back to kabul is a good or bad idea?
3.how do you think laila felt when the news was talking about 9/11 and talking about bin laden and Afghanistan.
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(pg. 394) what do you think the driver meant when he said "you`re not from heart"

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1. If Mariam were still alive how do you think she would react to the letter, money, and movie that her father put together for her?
2. Do you think Mariam would have forgiven Jalil?
3. "But the game involves only male names. Because, if it's a girl, Laila has already named her." pg 415

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"Laila is struck again by how beautiful he is, the perfect curve of his forehead, the slender muscles of his arms, his brooding, intelligent eyes."
1.  Do you think Laila misses Mariam?
2. Do you think Laila will ever tell her kids all of the abuse Rasheed put her through?

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"It is a good life, Laila tells herself, a life to be thankful for."
1. Do you think Mariam knew that Jalil wanted to see her?
2. How do you think Laila feels that Zalmai enjoys Tariq being there for him?

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1. Why weren't Laila and Tariq happy to finally be married?
2. How does going to Maraim's kolba affect Laila's connection to Mariam after she passed?
3. "May God grant you a long and prosperous life, my daughter. May God give you many healthy and beautiful children. May you find the happiness, peace, and acceptance that I did not give you," pg. 407.

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1. how does mariam feel about zalmai asking for rasheed?
2. does tariq really want to move out and go back to murree or is he just doing it for laila?
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1.What caused Tariq's headaches?

2.Why do you think they went back to Kabul?

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1. Will laila ever tell Zalmai the truth about his dad?
2. What do you think Mariam would have thought/did if she read the letter from Jalil?
3."But the game only involves male names. Because if its a girl, Laila has already named her." 415

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1. Why did it matter so much if laila and tariq and the kids went back to Kabul?
2."maybe it wouldn't matter to Mariam what laila did as long as she and her children were safe and happy. But it mattered to Laila. Suddenly it mattered very much.
3. When Laila and Tariq got married why weren't they happy?

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1.Why did Laila seem so emotionless about getting married to Tariq if that's all she wanted before?
2. What do you think Laila felt when Zalamai asked for Rasheed?
3. "The dreams leave Laila shaken. SHe wakes from them coated in sweat, her eyes pickling with tears. It is devastating. Everytime, it is devastating." Pg 381

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1. How do you think Tariq feels about marrying Laila? How do you think Laila feels?
2. Why is it that Laila gets so offended when Tariq believes that going to war was the right thing to do?

"Private smiles shoot between them across the dinner table as if they are not strangers at all but companions reunited after a lengthy separation." (378)

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1. Why were Laila and Tariq not smiling, or showing any happiness during their wedding?
2. Why was Tariq crying after he held Zalmai?
3. "Aziza has nightmares where she waks up shrieking. Laila has to lie beside her on the cot, dry her cheeks with her sleeve, soothe her back to sleep."

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Will they die to the US bombs?
Will Afghanistan's problems ever end?
Is Laila going to name her baby after Mariam?
"The game only involves boy names, because if its a girl, Laila has already named her."