A Thousand Splendid Suns- Parts 1 and 2

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

• Man's Inhumanity to Man

• Living with Poverty

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

• Man's Inhumanity to Man

• Living in Poverty

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

• Man's Inhumanity to Man

• Gaining Power

Which of the following is a simile?

• a) “Only then would the metal fist gripping her belly let go” (58).

• b) “Laila pictured her life as a rotted rope, snapping, unraveling, the fibers detaching, falling away” (162).

• c) “And now the shame set in, and the guilt, and the upstairs, the clock ticked on, impossibly loud to Laila’s ears. Like a judge’s gave pounding again and again, condemning her” (165).

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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

"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.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.2

"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.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"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.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"Electric fans sat idle, almost mockingly so" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Metaphor
• Paradox
• Personification
• Symbolism

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Laila says that the sound that she dreads most is the whistling before a bomb explodes. This is the last sound she hears before the explosion. What literary device is this?

• foreshadowing
• irony
• repitition
• suspense

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3