Quizizz - Assignment 4 - Chapters 10-11 - "The Kite Runner"

What is Karim's job?

• He is a people smuggler. He gets people out of Afghanistan.

• He is the chief of police. He works to make sure the Afghan people aren't mistreated while detained in prison.

• He is a crooked checkpoint officer. He allows people to leave Afghanistan if they pay him a substantial fee.

• He is the leader of an underground militia. He coordinates attacks against the government.

To what country do Amir and his father first seek for safety from Afghanistan?

• Pakistan

• Israel

• Iran

• Iraq

What country has a presence in Afghanistan as Amir and his father leave?

• Germany

• America

• Russia

• France

What problem occurs at the first checkpoint?

• One woman on the bus goes into labor as they approach the checkpoint. The driver wants to leave the woman and her husband on the side of the road to avoid any problems, but Amir's father refuses to let that happen.

• One of the soldiers wants to rape an Afghan woman on the bus, but Amir's father stands up and refuses to let it happen.

• Three people on the bus don't have the proper paperwork to leave the country. The soldiers threaten to shoot them for trying to leave illegally, but Amir's father is able to bribe them, and then allow the bus to get through.

• The soldiers require a bribe to get through the checkpoint. There was confusion about how much had to be paid and Amir's father has to give them an additional fee.

Where do Amir and his father wait with the others trying to leave Afghanistan as new truck parts are ordered?

• The attic of an abandoned house

• A rat infested basement

• A small cave near the border

• An underground tunnel

Amir listens to his father speak with Kamal's father. What does he say happened to Kamal?

• He was beaten up and raped by four people.

• He talked back to a soldier and they cut out his tongue.

• He was forced to watch as his wife and children were shot in the street.

• He stepped on a land mine and lost his leg.

How do Amir and his father travel on the second leg of their trip to safety?

• They are put into an empty fuel tank with several others. There is absolutely no light, the air they breathe is full of gasoline fumes, and they cannot move or get out for quite some time.

• They must crawl through an intricate tunnel system. There is no light, and they must crawl for days, unable to stand or stretch, with no food and minimal water.

• They must hike through steep, mountainous areas where there are no checkpoints since travel in this area is so dangerous. They deal with sand storms and harsh winds, nearly dying from the weather conditions.

• They lie on a pile of bodies being taken to burial. They have to remain still and endure the awful stench of rotting bodies as they travel across the border.

When Amir's father tries to use a check to purchase food, he is shocked that he is asked for ID. He can't believe the lack of trust in America. Instead of a credit card, what method did they use in Afghanistan?

• They would bring items to exchange instead of money. They would offer the merchant something he needed and in return would be given the item they needed.

• They would give the merchant money at the beginning of each month. As they visited they gave their name and money was deducted from their account until it came time to add more money to the account.

• They would snap a tree branch and use it as a credit card. The merchant would make a notch each time something was purchased, and at the end of the month they would pay for the number of notches.

• They would give the merchant a valuable item in exchange for the goods they needed. At the end of the month they would pay him the sum owed and could get their valuable items back.

How does Amir's father react when he is given food stamps?

• He is confused about how they work and doesn't understand how to use them. Several stamps go to waste from not being used in time.

• He returns them and says that he will work for money for food. He says he doesn't need charity.

• He agrees to use them but promises that he will donate the same dollar amount he uses in food stamps once he is financially sound in America.

• He is thankful that America has a system in place to help newcomers get on their feet.

What does Amir do that prompts his father to tell him he is proud of his son?

• Wins an award for a short story he wrote

• Graduates from high school

• Gets accepted into a good college

• Finds a respectable girl to marry