The Kite Runner Flashcards

1
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Amir’s father in law

A

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

A

Amir

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5
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Stoned people to death

A

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

A

God is good

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9
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Word that means student

A

Talib

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10
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Farsi word Agha means

A

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

A

Shot in the head

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14
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Farsi for father

A

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

A

Farzana

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18
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Amir’s wife

A

Soraya

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

A

babalu meaning boogieman

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20
Q

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

A

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
On the phone Rahim Kahn says on the phone-
There is a way to be good again
26
Birthday party, they call came for who, what were the gifts from
Baba, blood money
27
Who tells Amir he’s always been a tourist
Farid
28
Islamic fundamentalist
Taliban
29
Who wants ethnic cleansing of hazaras?
Assef
30
Amir’s mother in law
Jamila
31
What does Amir think about to calm down
Kite flying
32
How did Ali die
Land mine
33
Who killed Hassan and farzana
Taliban
34
Who first invaded Afghanistan and who after
Russia, Taliban
35
Amir’s story that Hassan finds a pothole in?
Cry for pearls, kill his wife, why not just cut an onion?
36
Who is peaking down an alley and has for 26 years
Amir
37
Raped Hassan and held him down
Assef, Wali, Kamal
38
Who was raped later and died of fumes
Kamal
39
Who couldn’t have kids?
Soraya
40
Who said “a boy who won’t stand up for himself is a man who won’t stand up for anything”
Baba
41
Amir’s mother died how
Childbirth
42
What did Baba call his wife
Princess
43
What does Amir call Soraya
Swamp princess
44
Amir’s first word
Baba
45
Hassan’s first word
Amir
46
What were the couple, that had rocks threw at them til death, accused of
Adultery
47
Where did the executions happen
ghazi stadium
48
Ali was adopted by
Baba’s father
49
Amir tried to get rid of Hassan how
Cash and watch under his Hassan’s bed
50
What is the major symbol in the book
The pomegranate tree
51
What did Amir make fun of Hassan for
He couldn’t read
52
Babas one sin
Theft
53
Amir’s mom
Sofia
54
“There’s no monsters Amir, just water”
Hassan
55
Redemption is when your guilt comes from good thing
Rahim khan
56
Amir and Baba both did what to their closest people?
Betray them- Amir, Hassan- Baba, Ali
57
Which ethnic group is Sunni
Pashtuns
58
Which ethnic group is Shia
Hazaras
59
Who is the lawyer that helps Amir
Omar Faisal