The Kite Runner

What is the name of the religion followed by Muslims.

• Christianity
• Buddism
• Hinduism
• Islam

What is the name of the Muslim God?

• Yahweh
• Allah
• Kotal Kahn
• Jehovah

What are the two major types of Muslims?

• Protestant and Baptist
• Holiness and Unitarian
• Sunni and Shia
• Episcopalian and Anglican

Hazaras, an ethnic group that makes up about 10% of the population in Afghanistan, are often discriminated against because of their ______________ ancestry.

• Mandarin
• Mongolian
• Nigerian
• French

Pashtuns, the dominant ethnic group in Afghanistan at around 50% of the population, believe that they are...

• Real Afghans
• God's chosen people
• Annointed
• Sacred

Which two groups had the most influence in negatively impacting the the country Afghanistan?

• British and American
• French and Canadian
• Chinese and Indian
• Soviets (Russians) and the Taliban

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is the capital of Afghanistan, and it's also the main setting of the novel _The Kite Runner_.

• Caracas
• Brussels
• Kabul
• Mumbai

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What country is this?

• Pakistan
• Afghanistan
• India
• Russia

What type of government did the Taliban implement (put into place)?

• Secular
• Sharia- Strict version of Islamic law
• Democracy
• Communism

What is the main reason the U.S. went to war in Afghanistan?

• Free the people from the brutal rule of the Taliban
• Attacks of September 11, 2001
• To help the Afghans fight the Soviets
• The U.S. wanted to fight the Taliban