Wk 3 - 10.1 - The Kite Runner Ch. 1,2 & Characterization

You can bury the past.

This means

• You can dig the ground and throw it in.

• You can forget the past.

"I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty six years". This means

• He has been thinking about the past for a long time.

• He loves the desert

"The past claws its way out." This means

• The past can come and haunt you in the present.

• The past will attack you.

What are 'unatoned sins'?

• Sins with no tone.

• Sins which haven't been asked forgiveness for

Where does the narrator live?

• San Francisco

• Pakistan

• Afghanistan

"There is a way to be good again." suggests that the narrator has

• remorse

• anger

Hazaras, an ethnic group that makes up about 10% of the population in Afghanistan, are often discriminated against because of their ______________ ancestry.

• Mandarin
• Mongolian
• Nigerian
• French

Pashtuns, the dominant ethnic group in Afghanistan at around 50% of the population, believe that they are...

• Real Afghans
• God's chosen people
• Annointed
• Sacred

Which two groups had the most influence in negatively impacting the the country Afghanistan?

• British and American
• French and Canadian
• Chinese and Indian
• Soviets (Russians) and the Taliban

Sharia laws allows women to go to school.

• True

• False