Is Laila pregnant with Tariq's baby?

Devastated and realizing she's pregnant with Tariq's child, Laila agrees to marry Rasheed. Mariam is initially hurt and threatened by Laila's presence and refuses to have anything to do with her.
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How many children does Laila have in 1000 Splendid Suns?

With time, Laila befriends Mariam, and the two of them try to escape to Pakistan with Laila's new daughter Aziza. They're caught by the police as they're boarding a bus and sent back to Rasheed. Laila eventually gives birth to a boy named Zalmai, who is most definitely Rasheed's son.
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What chapter is Laila pregnant?

Chapter 38

Laila scolds Rasheed for going to Ghazi Stadium to watch executions. In response, Rasheed implies that he knows that Aziza is not his child. Laila would be sentenced to death if he told the authorities. It turns out that Laila is pregnant with another child—and this one is definitely Rasheed's.
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How does Laila feel about Tariq's family?

Laila enjoys spending time with Tariq's family, because they love her and she loves them. They listen to what she says and they show her attention that she really doesn't get at home.
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Does Tariq marry Laila?

Laila and Tariq marry on the day of their arrival to Pakistan. Laila and Aziza assist Tariq with his job, cleaning hotel rooms for Sayeed.
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How is Laila and Tariq's relationship changing?

How does the relationship of Laila and Tariq change? They grow older and develop feelings for each other. Laila does not really see Tariq as a "brother" as much anymore. Laila was aware they now that Tariq and her were older and around the age of getting married, so people thought they were married.
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What happens to Laila and Tariq?

Laila is also informed that Tariq and his family died in a bomb blast on their way to Pakistan. Upon discovering she is pregnant with Tariq's child, Laila agrees to marry Rasheed to protect herself and her baby, whom Rasheed believes to be his.
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Why does Laila not leave with Tariq?

First, Tariq decides to leave with his family in order to safeguard his father's failing health. Next, Laila decides to remain with her family, despite her strong desire to marry and follow Tariq.
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Why did Laila cut her finger?

Laila feels incredibly guilty for her choices and cannot look Mariam in the face during the wedding ceremony. That night, after she and Rasheed have intercourse, she grabs the knife she's hidden under the mattress and pricks her finger to sully the sheets, just to perpetuate Rasheed's belief that he married a virgin.
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How much older is Tariq than Laila in the narrative?

At 11 years old, Tariq is slightly older than Laila, and he lost one of his legs in the violence that has plagued Afghanistan for the last nine years. Laila's parents quarrel about the political unrest in Afghanistan while Laila prepares for school.
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Why does Laila not abort Rasheed's baby?

Why does Laila not go through with aborting Rasheed's baby? Laila realizes that the baby she is carrying is not to blame for her hatred of Rasheed. She realizes that there is enough killing happening in the world and killing the baby would be unforgiveable in her own heart.
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What was the name of Laila's second child?

The next day they return with a new baby girl. Rasheed's displeasure is immediately evident: He refuses to help Laila with the baby, and frequently voices his displeasure about the child. Laila names her daughter Aziza, which means the Cherished One.
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How old was Laila when she married Rasheed?

When she is fifteen, Mariam, forced into marriage with forty-year old Rasheed, moves to Kabul to start a life with her husband. Hopeful at first, she is unable to conceive, and lives a loveless existence with a husband who abuses her regularly.
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What is Laila and Tariq's nightly ritual?

What was Laila and Tariq's bedtime ritual? They played a nightly signaling game.
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Who are Laila's parents?

Laila, the second female protagonist, is the youngest child and only daughter of Hakim and Fariba.
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What is the main message of Thousand Splendid Suns?

The primary theme in the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns is the rights of women, especially under the Taliban. Mariam and Laila grow up during regimes that are not oppressive. Although Mariam's father's family pushes her into marriage with Rasheed, it is ultimately her choice to agree to marry him.
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What did the man tell Laila after the bomb hit her house and she was living with Rasheed and Mariam?

Why does Laila marry Rasheed? Because she is pregnant. What did the man tell Laila after the bomb hit her house and she was living with Rasheed and Mariam? Tariq has died.
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What does Babi think Laila must have?

Babi tells Laila that her education is the most important thing. I think that it is amazing that her father feels this way. Education should always matter; it shouldn't depend on your gender.
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Where does Babi take Laila and Tariq?

Chapter 21

Laila, Tariq, and Babi are taking a day trip to the famous Bamiyan Buddhas. On the way over, Babi and the driver talk about the history of imperialism in Afghanistan. They climb to the top of the statues.
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What does Tariq say that makes Laila swoon?

what does tariq say that makes laila swoon? that they had different feelings for each other. laila ironically describes the bomb blasts as " blissfully elsewhere".
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What happens to Laila at the end of Chapter 26?

As she contemplates the sound of sand singing, a whistling passes overhead and Laila is knocked off the ground and into the side of a building. Having survived the bombing, Laila fades in and out of consciousness.
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Who found Laila?

In the care of Mariam and Rasheed, Laila sleeps fitfully, often murmuring or crying out in her sleep. Rasheed had found her in the rubble of her home after the rocket hit.
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What happens at the end of A Thousand Splendid Suns?

Eventually, Mariam ends up doing the thing that only a mother would do: sacrificing her life for Laila and Laila's family. Laila is so grateful that she leaves her comfortable life in Pakistan and dedicates herself to the children of Kabul.
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What is Tariq's disability?

Tariq is a boy growing up near Laila in Kabul. He loses his leg to a landmine when he's very young and, through the support of his kind parents, never lets this disability slow him down.
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Why is Rasheed abusive?

Why does Rasheed become abusive? Rasheed becomes abuse because she can't have children.
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