Chapter 15 | Chapter 17 and 20 | Ch 23- 25 | Setting, Plot, Characters | Vocabulary Practice |
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What is Loneliness
What’s the “biggest” reason why Rahim goes to Hazarajat to find Hassan?
a. He was hungry b. He was lonely c. He just wanted to dance |
What is They were dismissed as self defense
Hassan’s murderers received what type of punishment?
a. They were released on self defense b. They all went to jail for life |
What is He had a ruptured spleen
why was it (oddly) a good thing that Amir’s situation with the Taliban officer landed him in the hospital?
a. He needed some rest b. He had a ruptured spleen |
What is True
The Kite Runner is set primarily in Afghanistan and the United States between the 1960s and early 2000s.
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Pigment
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What is He stepped on a land mine
How does Ali (Hassan’s father) die?
a. He stepped on a land mine b. He was killed by a clown c. He drowned in the pool |
What is Amir left the money to feed Whahid's sons
Why does Amir decide to leave money under the mattress in the house where he had stayed the night?
a. He didn't have a good bank b. He left the money to buy food for Whahid's sons |
What is His friend Hassan's cleft lip
What does Amir's cut upper lip remind Amir of?
a. A bunny rabbit b. He needs surgery c.His friend Hassan's cleft lip |
What is True
When Soviet military forces invade Afghanistan a few years later, Amir is a young adult. Amir and Baba escape to America,
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Elaborate
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What is His mother
Which important person returns into Hassan’s life?
a. His dog scrappy b. His mother c. His teacher |
What is The war killed most of the men
Why were adult males rare in Afghanistan?
a. The war killed most of the men b. They didn't like living there |
What isHe wanted to commit suicide
Why did Sohrab cut his wrists?
a. He wanted to commit suicide b. He wanted attention |
What is True
This struggle is a conflict between the kind of man that Amir believes he is, and the kind of man that Baba is.
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Post
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What isIt was destroyed by the Alliance
What happened to Baba’s orphanage?
a. It was painted blue b. It was sold c. It was destroyed by the Alliance |
What is He took out Assef's eye with a slingshot
How did the boy come to Amir’s rescue?
a. He took out Assef's eye with a slingshot b. He hit Assef with a large rock c. He screamed alot |
What is They both grew up wealthy
Assef calls Amir his twin. How are Amir & Assef alike?
a. They both grew up wealthy b, They looked alike |
What is True
The Kite Runner is written in the first-person point of view. Amir acts as both the protagonist and the narrator of the novel, meaning the reader experiences the story from his perspective.
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Aloof
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What is You can't miss what you never had
It hurts more to have and lose than to not have in the first place.” What does it mean?
a. You can't miss what you never had b. You can have what you want |
What is Ethnic cleansing
what is the Taliban Officer’s “mission”?
a, Keeping the orphans b. Fighting Amir c. Ethnic cleansing |
What is Amir told him about his dad, Hassan
what familiar thing did Amir do to make “the boy” come alive again?
a. Amir told him about his dad, Hassan b. They went to see a play c. Amir gave him some money |
What is True
Amir has a very complex relationship with Baba, and as much as Amir loves Baba, he rarely feels Baba fully loves him back. Amir’s desire to win Baba’s love consequently motivates him
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Impel
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