The Kite Runner ch. 14-19

What type of lifestyle do the Afghan people live in Pakistan? 

• They are very wealthy. Their money and valuables from Afghanistan are worth more in Pakistan, which is why so many relocate to this area. 
• They are very poor. Some open businesses, but they are struggling to stay alive in very crowded areas. 
• They are viewed as criminals. Many of them steal to survive and several have formed gangs with othe 

Describe the Afghanistan Amir sees upon his return.

• wealth is everywhere. The country has discovered oil and is making a large profit by exporting it to other countries.

• The country is rebuilding. Many people have reopened shops and businesses and are returning to their homes.

• Poverty is everywhere. Most of the city is destroyed, and the Taliban roam the streets looking for trouble.

Why does Amir have to travel to Pakistan?

• his student visa has expired

• his father's house must be sold

• Rahim Kahn is very sick

• Hassan has asked him to come

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What has happened to General Taheri?

• he committed suicide as a result of his depression

• he has gone blind from a brain tumor

• he broke his hip and suffered other complications

• he returned to Afghanistan under Massoud

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To whom did Baba "sell" his house?

• Sohrab

• Ali

• Hassan

• Rahim Khan

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How do the Afghans view the Talian after the Russians depart?

• as a grave danger

• as heroes

• as religious fanatics with no real power

• as a short term fix

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What happens to Rahim Khan at a soccer game one day?

• nothing, because the Taliban outlawed all games

• a soldier hits him in the head with a Kalashnikov

• he sees Hassan playing for the opposing team

• his old Hazara girlfriend talks to him about her life

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What is Hassan's wife name?

• Soroya

• Farzana

• Sohrab

• Sanaubar

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When Hassan's mother returns, what has happened to her?

• she contracted Hepatitis C and has only weeks to live

• her life with the band has left her addicted to opium

• she is bent and crippled from STD's

• the Taliban carved up her face with a knife

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What happens to Hassan's first baby?

• a mortar shell lands on their mud hut and kills her

• she is stillborn

• an outbreak of typhus runs through the village and takes her

• she is healthy and beautiful, her name is Rumi

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