WK 6 - 10.1 - The Kite Runner Ch. 11, 12

Amir is going to go to college to be a ...

• teacher.

• doctor.

• lawyer.

• writer.

Why are Baba and Amir able to sneak out of Afghanistan?

• Baba has government connections

• Baba has money and can afford the price

• Pashtuns are allowed to leave Afghanistan

• Baba works as a people smuggler

Amir becomes smitten with  

•   Taheri 
• Tamriel
• Sonya
• Soraya

Why do Amir and Baba leave Kabul?

• To escape religious persecution

• To find Hassan and Ali

• To flee an invasion

• To find better jobs abroad

General Taheri is...

• An old enemy of Baba

• A man who wants to start an insurrection in Afghanistan

• A fellow refugee whom they meet at the flea market in San Jose

• An associate of Baba who works for the US government

Bonus: When did Baba say, "Tell him I’ll take a thousand of his bullets before I let this indecency take place". 

• When Karim tells them to go into the basement
• When someone approaches Amir to kill him. 
• When the Russian solider attempts to kill a baby.
• When the Russian soldier attempts to rape a woman. 

Who says, "War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace"

• The Russian soldier

• Amir

• Karim

• Baba

From the snippets of conversation between Baba and Kamal's dad, it sounds like Kamal was also raped. What does this show?

• Irony, he watched Assef rape Hassan

• Rape is used as a way to show control

• Rape is used as a form of punishment

• All of these

Baba gets a job at a gas station...

• He works on call and on weekends.

• He works 12 hour shifts 6 days a week.

• He works 40 hours a week.

• He works the night shift.

As a high school graduation present, Baba gives Amir...

• a car.

• his watch and money.

• his own apartment.

• a new kite.