Kite Running: An Afghan Tradition

From paragraph 2 on page 1: The next day, we'd wind the battle-ready line around a wooden spool.

• to coil around something

• to change direction

• to make short breath

• to expose to the air

There are several italicized words in the passage. The words are italicized in order to:

• identify a main idea

• signal a word from a non English language

• mark important sections of texts

• indicate that they are tone words

From page 1, column 1: "Kites were the one paper think slice of intersection between those spheres." The root word is 'section' and the prefix is 'inter.' Intersection means "a point where two roads meet. 'literally' between sections." Use this knowledge to determine the meaning of international, interstate and interpersonal.

• between nations

• beweeen states

• between people

• Between roads

Page 2, column 2, the author uses the word athleticism. The root is "athletic" and the suffix is "ism." The word means "the qualities of an athlete." Use your knowledge to determine the meaning of cannibalism, journalism and patriotism.

• the qualities of a cannibal

• the qualities of all the above

• the qualities of a journal

• the qualities of a patriot

The word "covet" is used twice; once to describe how Saifo felt about his kites, and once to describe the prize of the snatched kite. Use your context clues to determine the meaning of covet.

• to dislike

• to value or cherish

• be generous

• to not want

How does imagery help us understand the story?

• It doesn't

• Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel what the characters feel and see

• By expressing how the author is feeling

• By telling the mood

From page 1, column 1: "We went to the bazaar and bought bamboo, glue, string and paper." Use context clues to determine the meaning of bazaar.

• cloudy

• a store or marketplace

• unfairly

• a house

The author includes the map most likely to help the reader understand

• Just because

• So you can see the country and its landscapes.

• So you have an understanding of the world

• So you can't see the country and its landscapes.

Match the following

• his father

• Hassan

• son of the family servant and friend to Amir

• Baba

• the narrator

• Amir

Is Kabul the capital of Afghanistan ?

• True

• False