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Kite runner 13-20
you know the drill
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English
12th Grade
01/15/2015

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lafz
Definition
ceremony of giving the word
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what was the happiest day of babas life
Definition
amir getting married
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what was amir instructed to do when he saw khanum at the wedding
Definition
kiss her on the hand
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what did general and amir do
Definition
kiss 3 times on the cheek
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why did amir and soraya forgo the shirini khori
Definition
baba didn't have enough time to live
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how much did baba spend on the awroussi
Definition
35 thousand
Term
what was the color of islam
Definition
green
Term
what else was green the color of
Definition
spring and new beginnings
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where did amir and soraya first live
Definition
in amirs house with baba
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what was babas favorite dish
Definition
potato shorwa
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what was baba hiding under his pillow
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the leather bound notebook rahim khan gave to him
Term
what was the name of sorayas uncle
Definition
sharif and his wife was suzi
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what was general taheris flaws
Definition
he suffered from blinding migraines that lasted a week, living off government welfare,told his wife she couldn't sing
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why did khanum taheri love amir
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he rid of her of her greatest fear, that her daughter would go unmarried with no children
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what did general taheri make soraya do
Definition
cut off all of her hair
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why did amir think he was different
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he grew up only around men and that baba was a liberal who lived by his own rules
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he didn't care about sorayas past
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because he had one of his own
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how often would he drive to babas gravesite
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every friday
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where did amir go to school and what was his first job
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SJSU and security at a furniture warehouse in sunnyvale
Term
what was amirs first story
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a father son story in kabul in 1988
Term
who was his agent
Definition
martin greenwalt
Term
when was the book released
Definition
summer 1989
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what happened in 1989
Definition
tienamen square, cold war ended and berlin wall fell and amir and soraya tried to have a child
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what did the sign in the docs office say
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life is a train. get on board
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where did amir and soraya move to
Definition
san franciscos bernal heights
Term
when does chapter 14 begin
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june 2001
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what did rahim khan say
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come there is a way to be good again
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what were their saviors in bed
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sorayas was sleep amirs was a book
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who was amirs taxi driver in peshawar
Definition
a man named gholam
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what was the cliche that resembled amirs meeting with rahim khan
Definition
elephant in the room
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what did rahim do to get punched
Definition
cheered loudly at an afghan soccer game at ghazi stadium
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who destroyed the orphanage
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the alliance
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who lived with rahim khan
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hassan and his family
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why was rahim khan lonely
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he heard baba died
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what was distinct about hassans house
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the only one with a walled garden
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where did hassan live
Definition
bamiyan hazarajat
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what was Hassans wife name
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farzana
Term
and child
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sohrab
Term
how did ali die
Definition
a land mine
Term
who taught hassan how to read and write
Definition
an old farsi teacher in bamiyan
Term
what did hassan do after he heard baba died
Definition
wore black for 40 days
Term
when was the last time they saw sanaubar
Definition
1964
Term
who delivered Hassans son in 1990
Definition
sanaubar
Term
what did sohrab call Sanaubar
Definition
sasa
Term
what did the taliban ban
Definition
kite fighting
Term
who did they massacre in 1998
Definition
the hazaras in mazar i sharif
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why were hassan and farzana shot
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for protecting the house
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what angered amir
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he found out Hassan was babas child
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who was amir driver
Definition
farid
Term
what did farid tell amir to eat
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a lemon
Term
who was the lion of panjsher
Definition
ahmad shah massoud
Term
what was he
Definition
a tajik
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what did amir bring on his journey
Definition
afghan bills, his garment and pakol, and a fake beard
Term
who were the bandits who robbed travelers
Definition
dozds
Term
who was farid brother
Definition
wahid
Term
what is wahids ride
Definition
a donkey
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why was there no meat
Definition
only the taliban could afford meat
Term
what did amir give them
Definition
his watch and cash
Term
why were the trees cut by the shorawi
Definition
snipers would hide in them
Term
who was the beggar
Definition
dr. rasul who taught at the university
Term
what was the name of the orphanage guy
Definition
zaman
Term
what did the orphanage used to be
Definition
a warehouse carpet manufacturer
Term
where would amir and farid find the man who took sohrab
Definition
in ghazi stadium with the black sunglasses
Term
what state is jalalabad located in
Definition
nangarhar
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what did the firing of the noon cannon signify
Definition
the end of fasting during the month of ramadan
Term
where is the orphanage
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karteh seh
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