| A | B |
| Lived with Betty and Moody for a while in America | Reza |
| Reza's wife/ spoke english | Essey |
| principle of school/ kind | Khanun Shaheen |
| a woman that helps Betty | Judy |
| woman Betty met in Koran class/ from Michigan | Ellen |
| trying to help Betty/ brother tries to help too/ know English | Miss Alavi |
| Women that Moody knew back in America/ respects them as if they were men | Chamsey and Zarec |
| Man that was successful in getting Betty and Mahtob out of the country | Amahl |
| A woman Betty meets in a bookstore | Alice Shareef |
| people that help to smuggle Mahtob and Betty out of the country | Fereshieh Noroozi, Mosehn |
| moonlight | Mahtob |
| a large half-moon shaped cloth entwined around the shoulders, forehead, and chin to reveal only eyes, nose, and mouth | chador |
| a long coat to the ankles, expensive wool blend | chador |
| scarf the women wear | roosarie |
| madrasay | school |