The Kite Runner (chs 1-4)

Ali is

• Amir's father
• Baba's father
• Hassan's father
• Rahim Khan's father

Ali is

• harelipped
• handicapped--his leg is atrophied
• a strong household leader
• a Pashtun

Amir is

• hopeful in attracting his father's attention
• the best friend to Hassan
• the son of Ali
• the foil of Rahim Khan

Amir is

• a wealthy Pashtun
• a wealthy Hazara
• a servant to Pashtuns
• a servant to Hazaras

Amir teases Hassan by

•  throwing pomegranates at him.
•  telling him false definitions of words.
•  making fun of his mother.
• making fun of his cleft lip.

Amir loves winter because

• it is kite flying season.
• it is time to return to school.
• it is the best time to read and write stories.
• he and Baba take a winter vacation to Jalalabad.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Noun. anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor:

• pragmatic
• legacy
• fickle
• collateral damage

Who will carry on the legacy of Rahim Khan? 

• no one, he has no heirs
• Amir
• Ali
• Hassan

Adj. making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming

• fickle
• pragmatic
• presumptious
• arrogant

Which of the following is an example of arrogance? 

• Amir exuding confidence that he cannot be beaten flying kites
• Ali walking down the road dragging his leg
• Rahim Khan working diligently as a business partner to Baba
• Hassan asking Amir to read to him each afternoon