A Thousand Splendid Suns--Khaled Hosseini

The following quote is an example of what theme in the novel?

"A society has no chance at success if its women are uneducated, Laila. No chance. " -Babi

• The Power of Education
• Overcoming Abuse 
• Mans Inhumanity 
• Living with Poverty 

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The following quote is an example of what theme in the novel? 
"Giti was dead. Dead. Blown to pieces. At last, Laila began to weep for her friend. And all the tears that she hadn't been able to shed at her brothers' funeral came pouring down."

• The Power of Education
• Overcoming Abuse
• Mans Inhumanity  
• Living in Poverty

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The following quote is an example of what theme in the novel? 
"It's my father I can't leave," Laila said. "I'm all he has left. His heart couldn't take it either."Tariq knew this. He knew she could not wipe away the obligations of her life any more than he could his."

• The Power of Education
• The Importance of Family
• Mans Inhumanity 
• Gaining Power

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

"She felt lost then, casting about, like a shipwreck survivor, no shore in sight,only miles and miles of water"  is an example of what type of figurative language?

• metaphor
• simile
• personification 
• symbolism 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"Rasheeds demands and judgements rained down on them..." is an example of what type of figurative language?

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• symbolism 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

True or False:
By describing Kabul as the home of a "thousand splendid suns," it's clear that Hosseini is not trying to bad mouth Kabul, despite the many sorrows that occur there, but rather show its complexity, and that its beauty always exists in the hearts of its people.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

True or False:
Before her home was destroyed, Laila and Mariam were parallel (different) characters whose lives had nothing in common.

• True 
• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"His nails were yellow-brown, like the inside of a rotting apple..." this is an example of...

• Personification
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"Where the water ran clear and the cottonwood seeds danced by the thousands in the air" is an example of

• a metaphor
• a simile
• irony
• personification

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"In the midst of all this killing and looting, all this ugliness, it was a harmless thing to sit here beneath a tree and kiss Tariq. A small thing. An easily forgivable indulgence" is an example of what?

• Personification
• Irony
• Metaphor
• Theme

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3