WorksheetsThe Kite Runner chapters 19-22
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 39mins
"Why are you coming back here anyway? Sell off your Baba's land? Pocket the money and run back to your mother in America?" The tone of this is:
Curious
Friendly
Sarcastic
Sympathetic
The Khyber Pass was as famous for its terrain as for the bandits who used that terrain to rob travelers. Before I could answer, he winked and said in a loud voice, "Of course no dozd would waste his time on a car as ugly as my brother's." The mood of this is:
derogatory
dangerous
aggressive
humorous
"I am proud to have you in our home tonight," Wahid said. I thanked him and chanced a glance over at Farid. He was looking down now, playing with the frayed edges of the straw mat. The mood of this is:
sentimental
hyper
silly
excited
I tiptoed away. I understood now why the boys hadn't shown any interest in my watch. They hadn't been staring at the watch at all. They'd been staring at my food. The tone of this is:
hopeful
rude
sympathetic
hungry
Chapter 19: "I planted a fistful of crumpled money under a mattress." This is an example of the character being:
static
dynamic
He rolled to face me. Curled his arm under his head. "Maybe I will help you find this boy."
"Thank you, Farid," I said.
"It was wrong of me to assume."
This is an example of the character being:
dynamic
static
"One of them made a passing attempt at covering up the large bloodstains by kicking dirt over them. A few minutes later, the teams took the field. Second half was under way." This is an example of what type of irony?
situational
verbal
dramatic
One of the guards pressed a button and Pashtu music filled the room. Tabla, harmonium, the whine of a dil-roba. I guessed music wasn't sinful as long as it played to Taliban ears. This is an example of ______ irony.
verbal
situational
dramatic
"I glanced at Farid sitting in the car and mouthed. I'll be back not so sure at all that I would be" (274).
(1) The tone is:
(2) The context clues that helped you identify the tone are:
"The door opened and the two armed men returned, between them the tall Talib in white, still wearing his dark John Lennon glasses, looking like some broad-shouldered, New Age mystic guru. He took a seat across from me and lowered his hands on the armrests. For a long time, he said nothing." (275)
(1) The mood is _______
(2) The context clues that helped identify the mood are:
"Public justice is the greatest kind of show, my brother. Drama. Suspense. And, best of all, education en masse." Assef's motivation for this was:
(1) Intrinsic OR Extrinsic
(2) Why did he do it?
Amir's reason for rescuing Sohrab is:
(1) Intrinsic or Extrinsic
(2) Why did he do it?
"I did something I had done twenty-six years earlier: I planted a fistful of crumpled money under a mattress." (242)
(1) This is an example of Intrinsic or Extrinsic motivation
(2) Why did he do it?
(1) Assef is an example of a _____ character. (Static or Dynamic)
(2) An example to support this is:_________
(1) Baba was a _______ character. (Static or Dynamic)
(2) An example that supports this is: ___________
