Chapter Four

My Forbidden Face Chapter 4 Study Guide

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1. What does the next door neighbor tell Soraya?

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2. What happens if the Taliban take Mazar-i-Sharif?

3. What happened in February of 1998?

4. How many people died?

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5. What happened to humanitarian organization run by women? What was the organization? Who most likely ran it? What were they accused of?

6. What does Papa tell Soraya over and over? Does she believe him?

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7. Who does Radio Iran attack? What does Radio Iran accuse them of? Why?

8. What does Papa observe about the Taliban? What does he claim he he has proof of?

9. Where did Wahid take Latifa, Mama, and Shakila? What were they celebrating? When does this holiday begin?

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10. What kind of people are in Mazar-I-Sharif? What did they wear?

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11. How old was Wahid when they went to Mazar-i-Sharif?

12. Where did Wahid go to school?

13. What did the Soviet soldiers do in front of Afghan troops?

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14. How many operations was Wahid part of in how many years?

15. Why was Wahid confined to the Barracks?

16. What did Wahid do to get in trouble? What was his punishment and for how long?

17. After his punishment where was Wahid transferred?

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18. Who was Wahid called before? Who was he?

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19. What is the Khad?

20. Who is Sangar?

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21. Did Papa see Wahid the first time he went to Pol-i-Sharkhi?

22. What did Wahid hide? Where? What did it say?

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23. What were the two inscriptions above the metal door?

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24. How did the prison keep track of visitors? What did Papa have on his arm?

25. What did Wahid need for his trial? Who did he want?

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26. What did Wahid give his family when they left him in prison?

27. What did Latifa’s uncle immediately do to Wahid’s clothes? What was he looking for?

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28. What were Latifa and her family unknowingly walking on while at Pol-i-

Sharkhi?

29. Why did a squad of armed soldiers invade the prison?

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30. Why would prisoners pick through the prison garbage?

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31. What did the clairvoyant say about Wahid?

32. What was Wahid sentenced to as of January 1992? What did Latifa’s uncle have the sentence reduced to?

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33. Who was assassinated on April 18, 1992?

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34. What were the changes Latifa noticed at school?

35. Why didn’t Latifa say much at school?

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36. What happened on May 5? Who came home?

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37. What is Gul-e-sorkh?

38. What did Latifa see in Mazar-i-sharif? What did it look like?

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39. What did the woman tell Shakila she should do next?

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40. What did Latifa pray for?

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41. Write down what miracle happened. What events led up to the miracle?

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42. How long had the pilgrim been praying for a miracle?

43. What would Latifa pray for if she had another chance to pray in the blue mosque?