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The Kite Runner Flashcards

1
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Amir’s father in law

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General Taheri

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2
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Setting of the book for the first half?

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Kabul

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3
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The first city we know is

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Sam Francisco

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4
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Narrator for most of the book

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Amir

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5
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Stoned people to death

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Assef

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6
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Assef’s gift to Amir for his birthday

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A book about hitler

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7
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Birthday gift from Rahim Kahn

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Leather bound book- only gift that didn’t feel like blood money

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8
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allah u akbar

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God is good

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9
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Word that means student

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Talib

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10
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Farsi word Agha means

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Sir/master

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11
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Upper class

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Pashtuns

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12
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Lower class, round features

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Hazara

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13
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How did Hassan die

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Shot in the head

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14
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Farsi for father

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Baba

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15
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Baba’s dearest friend

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Rahim khan

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16
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1/2 bother, servant, and best friend to Amir

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Hassan

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17
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Hassan’s wife

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Farzana

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18
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Amir’s wife

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Soraya

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19
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Ali gets made fun of for his limp, he’s called

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babalu meaning boogieman

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20
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Farsi is what?

A

Language

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21
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Hassan’s son’s name

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sohrab, from story in Shahnamah

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22
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Shahnamah

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Story they used to read under the pomegranate tree

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23
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Hassan’s mom, laughed when she first saw him and left

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sanaubar

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24
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Hassan was born with what?

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Hair cleft lip, Amir gets cut in the same spot

25
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On the phone Rahim Kahn says on the phone-

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There is a way to be good again

26
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Birthday party, they call came for who, what were the gifts from

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Baba, blood money

27
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Who tells Amir he’s always been a tourist

A

Farid

28
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Islamic fundamentalist

A

Taliban

29
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Who wants ethnic cleansing of hazaras?

A

Assef

30
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Amir’s mother in law

A

Jamila

31
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What does Amir think about to calm down

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Kite flying

32
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How did Ali die

A

Land mine

33
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Who killed Hassan and farzana

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Taliban

34
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Who first invaded Afghanistan and who after

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Russia, Taliban

35
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Amir’s story that Hassan finds a pothole in?

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Cry for pearls, kill his wife, why not just cut an onion?

36
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Who is peaking down an alley and has for 26 years

A

Amir

37
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Raped Hassan and held him down

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Assef, Wali, Kamal

38
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Who was raped later and died of fumes

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Kamal

39
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Who couldn’t have kids?

A

Soraya

40
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Who said “a boy who won’t stand up for himself is a man who won’t stand up for anything”

A

Baba

41
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Amir’s mother died how

A

Childbirth

42
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What did Baba call his wife

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Princess

43
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What does Amir call Soraya

A

Swamp princess

44
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Amir’s first word

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Baba

45
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Hassan’s first word

A

Amir

46
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What were the couple, that had rocks threw at them til death, accused of

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Adultery

47
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Where did the executions happen

A

ghazi stadium

48
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Ali was adopted by

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Baba’s father

49
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Amir tried to get rid of Hassan how

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Cash and watch under his Hassan’s bed

50
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What is the major symbol in the book

A

The pomegranate tree

51
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What did Amir make fun of Hassan for

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He couldn’t read

52
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Babas one sin

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Theft

53
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Amir’s mom

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Sofia

54
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“There’s no monsters Amir, just water”

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Hassan

55
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Redemption is when your guilt comes from good thing

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Rahim khan

56
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Amir and Baba both did what to their closest people?

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Betray them- Amir, Hassan- Baba, Ali

57
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Which ethnic group is Sunni

A

Pashtuns

58
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Which ethnic group is Shia

A

Hazaras

59
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Who is the lawyer that helps Amir

A

Omar Faisal

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