Kite Runner - Chapters 9-10

1.

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What did Baba give Amir for his birthday? (Select all that apply)

Wristwatch.

New kite.

Bicycle.

Storybook.

2.

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What did Ali and Hassan give Amir for his birthday?

New kite.

Wristwatch.

BB Gun.

Storybook.

3.

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What did Amir do with his watch?

Offered it to Hassan hoping to make amends.

Buried it by the pomegranate tree.

Sold it to buy Hassan a new kite.

Used it to frame Hassan.

4.

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What leads us to believe that Hassan has told Ali about the rape AND about Amir's knowledge of the rape? (Select all that apply).

Ali speaks to Baba in private and they argue.

Ali glanced my way in his cold unforgiving look.

Ali and Hassan pack their bags and leave.

Hassan has written Amir a note in his birthday present.

5.

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What does Baba say while questioning Hassan about the watch and money that stuns Amir and ties back to Baba's beliefs?

"I forgive you."

"I forbid you to do this!"

"Please. Don't leave."

"I don't care about the money or the watch."

6.

Multiple Choice

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Chapter 9 ends with this sentence: "I stepped back and all I saw was rain through the windowpanes that looked like melting silver." What is significant about this weather?"

It sets a nightmarish mood which mirrors the situation.

It sets a mysterious mood which mirrors the situation.

It sets a gloomy mood which mirrors the situation.

It sets a comical mood which mirrors the situation.

7.

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Chapter 9 ends with this sentence: "I stepped back and all I saw was rain through the windowpanes that looked like melting silver." How does this description coincide with the plot and the conflict at the end of this chapter?

A storm has flooded Amir's neighborhood.

The Russians invade Kabul, Afghanistan.

As Amir watches, Ali and Hassan leave.

Enraged, Baba storms out into the neighborhood.

8.

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Chapter 10. It is 1981. Amir is about 18 years old. How has life in Kabul changed? (Select all that apply).

Russian soldiers patrol the neighborhood.

You can't trust anyone in Kabul anymore.

Baba and Amir no longer have servants.

Citizens are trying to escape their country.

9.

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While Baba, Amir and another family are being smuggled out of Afghanistan, their driver is stopped at a checkpoint. Baba defends and protects a fellow female passenger. In his thoughts, Amir complains about Baba being a hero. Later, he begs Baba to sit down, and Baba slaps his hand away. How does this moment coincide with Amir's internal conflict established in previous chapters? (Select all that apply.)

Thinking back to Hassan's attack, even Amir questions if he is really Baba's son.

He doesn't understand why Baba would want to defend someone.

He does not imagine ever measuring up to his father's standards or character.

Baba and Amir were getting closer until Hassan left.

10.

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What has happened to Kamal since the Russian invasion?

His mother was shot by a stray bullet.

He killed Assef.

He was gang raped by Russian soldiers.

He joined the resistance movement.

11.

Multiple Choice

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The group joins another group of refugees in a basement for two weeks awaiting another smuggling transport. Amir discovers Kamal (one of Assef's "friends") and his father. He also overhears a conversation that exposes an irony in the story. What is it?

Kamal showed bravery in trying to defend another passenger.

Kamal was attacked and raped by a group of Russian soldiers.

Assef's parents tried to flee Afghanistan, and Assef turned on them.

Assef was recruited as a Russian informant who reported Kamal's family.

12.

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Smuggled inside a fuel tanker, Amir begins to panic. What keeps him from falling a part? (Select all that apply).

His wristwatch.

A memory of Hassan.

A promise to be forgive.

A baby crying.

13.

Multiple Choice

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"I didn't remember what month is was, or what year even. I only knew the memory lived in me, a perfect encapsulated morsel of a good past, a brushstroke of color on the gray, barren canvas that our lives had become" (123). How is the writer using this image?

To show how Amir is suffering and disillusioned.

To describe the landscape as they travel out of Afghanistan.

To highlight the impenetrable bond between he and Hassan.

To contrast his current life against his memory of Hassan.

14.

Multiple Choice

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What tragic event concludes Chapter 10?

Only Baba and Amir make it out of the fuel tank alive.

Baba and Amir get separated once they arrive in Pakistan.

Kamal is found dead, and his father commits suicide.

Kamal's father has lost the money to pay for final transport.

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