My Forbidden Face Reading Guide
Student Name: ___________________________________________
This guide will help you keep track of events in the novel, as well as point out essential vocabulary. This study guide is
There is a glossary of terms at the back of the book, as well as a general historical timeline of events in Afghanistan that
will enhance your reading experience.
List the Countries that Border Afghanistan, According to the map on page Viii.
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When reading a novel, you should ALWAYS read the preface or epilogue! So, read the preface on pages ix-xi and
answer the following question in at least four COMPLETE SENTENCES:
Do you agree that teenagers in America could care less about other oppressed cultures in the world? Explain why or why
not.
Timeline, Vocabulary, and Compelling Passages:
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For each chapter, choose three to five main events and give a one sentence explanation of those events in the boxes to
the left. Giving only three events is OK, however, giving four or five events from each chapter is better.
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On the right, define the provided vocabulary words (see the glossary in the back of the book) and give the sentence in
the book where the word is used and properly document it (see example).
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Also on the right, give two compelling passages from the chapter (no more than three sentences each). These should be
copied directly from the book and properly documented (see example). The passages you choose should relate to one of
the main events you wrote down on the left.
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Examples are given of each required element in Chapter One.
MAIN EVENTS FROM CHAPTER
CHAPTER ONE
VOCABULARY AND COMPELLING PASSAGES
PASHTUN: dominant ethnic group
Event 1: Farad knocks on the door to announce
that the President has been hung on Sept. 27th,
1996.
1996
Example sent. From book: “My father is also a
Pashtun…” (Latifa 5) (This is called parenthetical
documentation. All of your example sentences
should be in quotation marks with Latifa (the author)
and the page number (page 5 for this sentence) you
found the sentence on in parentheses.)
Event 2:
PAKOL (p. 6):
Example sent. From book:
Event 3:
SHARIA (p. 17):
Example sent. From book:
Event 4: [optional for higher grade]
Compelling Passage 1: “Our country needs its
Event 5: [optional for higher grade]
women. For years, women have held jobs in the civil
service, education, and health care. There are so
many widows, so many children, so many
preventative measures to be taken, so many medical
emergencies to cope with, so many daily battles with
people’s ignorance of modern medicine” (Latifa 14).
Compelling Passage 2:
Timeline, Vocabulary, and Compelling Passages:
MAIN EVENTS FROM CHAPTER
CHAPTER TWO
Event 1:
CHADRI (p. 37):
1996
Event 2:
VOCABULARY AND COMPELLING PASSAGES
Jan.
1997
Example sent. From book:
MAHRAM (p. 37):
Example sent. From book:
Event 3:
Winter
1997
Compelling Passage 1:
Event 4: [optional for higher grade]
Event 5: [optional for higher grade]
Feb.
1997
Compelling Passage 2:
Timeline, Vocabulary, and Compelling Passages:
MAIN EVENTS FROM CHAPTER
Event 1:
CHAPTER THREE
Oct.
1996
VOCABULARY AND COMPELLING PASSAGES
MULLAH (p. 73):
Example sent. From book:
(Flashback)
Event 2:
MUJAHIDEEN (p. 88):
Summer
Example sent. From book:
1998
Event 3:
Event 4: [optional for higher grade]
Event 5: [optional for higher grade]
19931996
Compelling Passage 1:
(Flashback)
Summer
1998
Compelling Passage 2:
Timeline, Vocabulary, and Compelling Passages:
MAIN EVENTS FROM CHAPTER
Event 1:
CHAPTER FOUR
Aug.
1998
VOCABULARY AND COMPELLING PASSAGES
JIIHAD (p. 97):
Example sent. From book:
Event 2:
1993
(Flashback)
Compelling Passage 1:
Event 3:
Event 4: [optional for higher grade]
19861992
(Flashback
within
Flashback)
1993
Event 5: [optional for higher grade]
(Flashback)
Aug.
1998
Compelling Passage 2:
Timeline, Vocabulary, and Compelling Passages:
MAIN EVENTS FROM CHAPTER
Event 1:
Event 2:
CHAPTER FIVE
Winter
1998
19851989
(Flashback)
Event 3:
VOCABULARY AND COMPELLING PASSAGES
MOSQUE (p. 119):
Example sent. From book:
TALKHAN (p. 132):
Example sent. From book:
1964
(Flashback
Event 4: [optional for higher grade]
Winter
1999
Compelling Passage 1:
19881999
(Flashback)
Event 5: [optional for higher grade]
19911994
(Flashback)
Winter
1999
Compelling Passage 2:
Timeline, Vocabulary, and Compelling Passages:
MAIN EVENTS FROM CHAPTER
Event 1:
Event 2:
CHAPTER SIX
Winter
1999
VOCABULARY AND COMPELLING PASSAGES
NIKHA (p. 156):
Example sent. From book:
1994
(Flashback)
CHELAK (p. 160):
Example sent. From book:
Event 3:
July
1998
(Flashback
Event 4: [optional for higher grade]
Winter
1987
Compelling Passage 1:
(Flashback)
Event 5: [optional for higher grade]
Winter
1999
Compelling Passage 2:
Timeline, Vocabulary, and Compelling Passages:
MAIN EVENTS FROM CHAPTER
CHAPTER SEVEN
VOCABULARY AND COMPELLING PASSAGES
FATWA (p. 197):
Event 1:
Winter
1999
Event 2:
Example sent. From book:
AZADI (p. 199):
Example sent. From book:
2000
Event 3:
Compelling Passage 1:
Event 4: [optional for higher grade]
Compelling Passage 2:
Event 5: [optional for higher grade]
Feb.
2001
Answer the question in the box below. Answers must be at least 4 sentences.
Who speaks for Afghanistan?