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WorksheetsA Thousand Splendid Suns Part 2 Quiz
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 14mins
Based on the context, which substitution could be made for the word unfathomable in the following sentence: “She couldn’t get around the unfathomable reality that Giti wasn’t alive anymore.”
deep
eternal
unknowable
incomprehensible
The tone of the sentence below is best described as _______.“The streets became so unsafe that Babi did an unthinkable thing: He had Laila drop out of school.”
resigned
fearful
disappointed
confused
Why does Laila refuse to marry Tariq and flee Kabul with his family?
She does not want to give up her education.
She cannot justify leaving Babi behind.
She does not believe that Tariq is really leaving.
She cannot love Tariq because of his leg.
What is the significance of Laila repeatedly describing Mariam as “long-faced” at the end of section 2?
It shows that Laila has suffered brain damage.
It shows that Mariam resembles Babi.
It shows the continual oppression of women.
It shows that Mariam is fasting for Ramadan.
What significant event happens as Laila’s family prepares to flee Kabul?
Babi cries about leaving his books behind.
Mammy changes her mind about leaving.
An unknown woman keeps giving Laila pills.
A bomb strikes their neighborhood.
What emotion do Mariam and Laila share in regards to their parents?
tender
pity
anger
regret
How is Laila’s grief different from Mammy’s grief?
Laila remains silent, while Mammy screams.
Laila runs away, while Mammy stays in her room.
Laila screams, while Mammy remains silent.
Laila consoles Mammy, while Mammy ignores Laila.
How old is Laila at the beginning of part 2?
7
9
8
10
How old is Laila at the end of part 2?
14
11
13
12
Select the quotation that best represents the reasons why Laila and Tariq’s relationship must change when she turns 16.
“I notice you’re wearing a bra.”
“Laila had noticed the sly grins, was aware of the whispers in the neighborhood that the two of them were a couple.”
“You will not liken that one-legged carpenter’s boy to your brothers.”
“As he’d passed by them, Rasheed had playfully said, ‘If it isn’t Laili and Majnoon,’ referring to the star-crossed lovers of Nezami’s popular twelfth-century romantic poem.”
p. 110. On the way to school, Laila notices a man in the backseat of an unusual blue and white Mercedes Benz parked outside of Rasheed and Mariam's house. The man in the backseat is "thin, white-haired, dressed in a dark brown suit, with a white handkerchief triangle in the breast pocket." The car had Herat license plates.
We don't learn anything else about the significance of this man until much later in the book. Who do you think Hosseini might be foreshadowing is going to make a return to the story, based on this description?
Mullah Fazullah, Mariam's old tutor
Tariq, Laila's childhood crush
Babi, Laila's father
Jalil, Mariam's father
(p. 111) Laila's classmate call their teacher "Auntie Painter," referring to the motion she favored when she slapped students--palm, then back of the hand, back and forth, like a painter working a brush.
What is the figurative language being used here?
a metaphor, the teacher is being compared to a paintbrush
a simile, the teacher is being compared to a painter
alliteration, because "Painter" and "palm" both start with a "p"
(p. 114) Describe Babi's view of women and education.
He thinks it is useless to educate women under the Soviet regime.
He believes a country will fail if its women remain undeducated.
He hopes that Laila will get married and be educated in Europe or America.
A neighborhood bully confronts Laila, greeting her "with the barrel of a gun." What happens to Laila in this moment?
Laila is threatened with the gun, but the bully, Khadim, decides not to kill her---at least NOT YET.
Laila is threatened with a squirt gun, and the bully, Khadim, squirts Laila and her girlfriends as they walk home with water.
Laila is threatened with a squirt gun, and the bully, Khadim, squirts urine into her hair while taunting her about her one-legged boyfriend.
Although Mariam and Laila have never met, Hosseini has painted portraits of two girls with one thing in common. What is it?
Both are going to be well educated because their father's insist.
Both have mothers who do not nurture them in a way that young girls require to feel good to grow into confident young women in the world.
Both girls are uncommonly pretty, and both are often complimented about this by others.
Both have crushes on neighborhood boys.
Tarik's family are ethnic Pashtuns. Laila and her family are Tajiks. They speak Farsi for Laila's benefit. What has Babi told Laila about Pashtuns and Tajiks and how they should interact?
Pashtuns and Tajiks should not mix. They speak different languages for a reason.
When one group rules over another for a long time, there's contempt. But basically they're all Afghans and that's all that should matter.
Tajiks and Pashtuns need to mix, but Tajiks, who speak Farsi, are the superior race and always will be. But Laila should not talk about that.
How does Laila's relationship with her mother change throughout the story?
They become closer and develop a strong bond.
They grow apart and have frequent arguments.
They maintain a distant but respectful relationship.
They have a strained relationship but eventually reconcile.
What role does the city of Kabul play in the lives of the characters?
It represents a place of safety and security for them.
It symbolizes their dreams and aspirations for a better life.
It serves as a backdrop for their struggles and hardships.
It signifies their longing for a sense of belonging and identity.
