The Kite Runner - Chapters 21 - 25

Why does Farid try to kill the director of the orphanage? 

• He finds out he is allowing children to abuse each other physically. 
• He finds out that he is selling children for sexual purposes to the Taliban. 
• He is outraged that the man will not help them find Sohrab. 

What does Amir look for when he climbs the hill to the cemetery where he and Hassan used to play? 

• The slingshot Hassan used to play with. 
• The pomegranate tree with the old inscription: Amir and Hassan sultans of Kabul
• The book the used to read

What significant historical event happens a few months after Amir returns to America? 

• The twin towers in New York City fall on September 11, 2001. 
• Iraq war
• Russian invasion 

Why is Sohrab rushed to the hospital?

• He attempts suicide

• He falls down the stairs

• Assef found him and hurt him badly

• He tries to escape the hotel and is injured

What part of finding Sohrab is most disturbing to Amir?

• The convulsions he was having

• The vomit

• His lifeless eyes

• All of the blood

What does Amir say that General Taheri should never call Sohrab?

• Useless boy

• A bastard

• Sohrab

• A Hazara boy

Who speaks the following lines:

"I want my old life back."

• Sohrab

• Amir

• Hassan

• Soraya

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who speaks the following lines:

“There is a way to be good again...”

• Baba

• Ali

• Farid

• Rahim Khan

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who speaks the following lines:

"That's the real Afghanistan... You've always been a tourist here, you just didn't know it."

• Assef

• Rahim Khan

• Farid

• General Taheri

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who speaks the following lines:

"Ethnic cleansing. I like it. I like the sound of it."

• Amir

• Assef

• General Taheri

• Farid

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3