My Forbidden Face Study Questions

MY FORBIDDEN FACE STUDY QUESTIONS

Directions: answer all study questions in complete sentences. USE YOUR OWN PAPER. WRITE CLEARLY. If I cannot read it; I cannot GRADE it.

Chapter 1: Close Reading

After reading the opening chapter, fill in the blanks:
______brought news to the family that the ______were in Kabul. Father had seen a ______flag indicating this as well. ______and his brother had been hung on ______square. Latifa went to the square to see this for herself. The ______were hitting people with ______. Latifa (whose birth date was ______) was shocked. She and her sister had to wear long ______for their trip to the square. The doors to the American ______, the ______headquaters and the Air ______building were shut. Najibullah’s face was covered with ______and his mouth was stuffed full of ______. His pockets were full of ______, indicating his greed.
Latifa’s mother had worked in a ______because she had earned a ______diploma. Now she was ______years old, retired and had brought up ______children.
Latifa and her sister told their mother what they had seen in the square. Their father planned to go out to get a ______of batteries. Radio ______came on at eleven o’clock. The family heard religious ______and information about the Taliban. This included the statement : “we ask women not to ______their houses for the time being”.
Father must surrender his ______which had belonged to his grandfather. Latifa tells us what her room looks like and what her sister, ______, is like. Latifa tells her sister she wanted to see what had happened in the square for herself to ______herself it was real. ______went out to get the batteries instead of Father. Latifa tells us her father had lost his business twice before.

Chapter 1

1. What are your first impressions of Latifa?
2. . List all the members of her family that are mentioned in chapter.
3. How would you describe the life that Latifa had lead in the past? How would you describe the events that are unfolding at the moment?
4. Why is her life about to change dramatically?
5. How is her life going to change?
6. What is shocking about what has happened in the Square?

Chapter 2 (Questions 21 and 22 are on the back.)

1. What do Latifa and her friends work on? What is the name of it?
2. Who is Saber?
3. How would you describe Latifa and her father’s relationship?
4. What is a mullah? Hint check out page 205 in your book.
5. How has the radio station changed?
6. Look on page 36-38 and read all of the rules that the Taliban are now enforcing. Which three seem to be the most “unfair” to you?
7. On page 38, Latifa summarizes what women are no longer allowed to do, list what women cannot or must do.
8. What do Mama, Latifa and Soraya have to pack up?
9. What does Latifa do with the canary?
10. What do Papa and Daoud have to do?
11. What does the family do with its animals?
12. What happens to Papa’s business?
13. What does Daoud sneak into the house?
14. Who comes to visit Latifa?
15. What is Latifa forced to wear if she wants to go outside?
16. Why does Latifa eventually agree to go outside?
17. What does Latifa and her friends witness while on their walk?
18. Why were the women whipped?
19. What happens to Aimal and his mother?
20. Why did the Taliban beat Aimal?
21. On page 58, Latifa and her family go out. Where are they going and why are they going?
22. Who is Narguesse? What does she do at the Airlines? What happens to her?

Chapter 3

1. How is Latifa feeling at the beginning of Chapter 3?
2. Look on page 64 and describe how Latifa feels about marriage.
3. Who comes to see Mama? Why does she come?
4. Describe what happened to the three girls.
5. Who does Mama send for?
6. What is wrong with Mama?
7. What’s wrong with Latifa?
8. Where is the family going? Why are they going there?
9. Who will the family be staying with once they arrive?
10. What season is it when the family leaves?
11. What does the family encounter at the first checkpoint?
12. What does Papa have to give the guard in order for the family to be able to pass?
13. Where will Shakila be going soon? Why?
14. How do the doctors diagnose Mama?
15. Describe what Daoud saw at the university.
16. What goes on at the stadium in Kabul?

Chapter 4

1. Why does Papa say that the Taliban are NOT following the Koran?
2. Latifa remembers a trip that she took when she was twelve-years-old. Where did she go?
3. How does Latifa describe her relationship with Wahid?
4. Why was Wahid in confinement?
5. On page 105, where do we find out that Wahid is been “stationed?”
6. Why was Papa allowed to see Wahid? What and where did Wahid a message for his family?
7. Describe the process that Latifa and her family have to go through when they visit Wahid.
8. What prediction does the clairvoyant (psychic) make about Wahid?
9. What does Latifa pray for at the mosque?
10. While Soraya discourages her, Latifa still wants to ______at the mosque.

Chapter 5

1. What do Latifa and Farida decide to do at the beginning of Chapter 5?
2. What happened to Mrs. Fawzia?
3. How many students does Latifa have?
4. What happened to the three little girls from Taimani?
5. What does Latifa teach? Maryam? Farida?
6. Describe Latifa’s memory of Anita.
7. Summarize Latifa’s answer on page 132 about King Khan.
8. When did the Soviets leave Kabul?
9. Create a timeline of the events from p. 135-143.
10. What scary demand did the Taliban make as soon as they came to power?

Chapter 6

1. Describe how Latifa and her friends created the Dawn. What kind of articles did they include?
2. Who decides to start the Dawn again?
3. Make a list of what happened to Mrs. Zarmina and what her current status is. Is she dead, alive, living with family?
4. Describe what happened at Daoud’s wedding.
5. What happened when Daoud went to check his exam grades in 1987?
6. Where did Daoud go after he was awarded his scholarship?
7. What does Latifa say is an important source of Revenue for the Taliban government?

Chapter 7

1. Write a short summary (a paragraph) about what happened in the final chapter. What is Latifa doing now?