Kite Runner Chapter 20-25

What did Amir see that reminded him of the Soviet Invasion on his ride from Jalalabad to Kabul?

• hungry dogs

• a burnt village

• overturned Russian tanks and trucks

• a Russian soldier

Amir states that in the old days it would take to hours to drive from Jalalabad to Kabul, however now it took ......

• 3 hours

• 4 hours

• 1 hour

• 5 hours

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RUBBLE AND BEGGARS...... was the image of what scenario

• Kabul after the war

• Jalalabad after the war

• Pakistan after the war

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Why did Amir see so many children begging in the street and no adult male? What inference did he make about their fathers?

• Fathers did not work and sent their children to beg for money

• Fathers were now part of the Taliban

• They were fatherless because of the war

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Where would snipers hide according to Farid, that was why there wasn't a lot of the in Kabul anymore?

• trees

• buildings

• bridges

• houses

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Who does Farid refer to as the BEARD PATROL?

• The mullah

• The Taliban

• The Afghan Police

• The Russians

The old beggar that warned Amir about the Talib was actually...

• His mother's tutor

• His old teacher from elementary school

• His mother's colleague at the university

• Baba's advisor

We learn Amir's birth mother's name, what was it?

• Sanubar

• Sofia

• Soraya

• Sarah

An anecdote the beggar tells Amir is that his mother was so afraid... Why was she so afraid?

• That Baba will be a cruel father

• That she was feeling extreme happiness and that doesn't last forever

• That her baby will be born ill

• That her happiness was a lie, it was actually fear to be a mom

Zaman the director of the orphanage said he had over how many orphans?

• 150

• 250

• 350

• 450

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