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Kite Runner 8-12
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12th Grade
01/06/2015

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What district did baba and amir grow up in
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Wazir Akbar Khan
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who is the first president of the afghan republic
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Daoud Khan
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principal ruling factions from 1919-2001
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king shah, daoud khan, communists, mujadeens, taliban, british
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who wrote the shahnameh
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Ferdowski
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Afghan history dates?
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1973, 1979, 1989, 1919, 1978, 1996
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who was khaled hosseinis inspiration?
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Hossein Khan
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yelda
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first night of Jadi or winter
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How does yelda affect amir
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makes him think about Hassan and Soraya
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Nang and Namoos
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Honor and pride
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Sorayas book
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Wuthering Heights
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generals wife
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Khanum Taheri
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sorayas goal
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to become a teacher
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why won't baba see dr schneider
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he is russian descent
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who was the second pulmonologist
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dr amani who was Iranian
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name of babas cancer
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Oat Cell Carcinoma
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who would baba want on his side in an hour of need
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a pashtun
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what is sorayas secret
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she ran away with an afghan man in virgnia
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what happened to khanum taheri while soraya was gone
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she had a stroke and became half paralyzed on her face
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what did amir envy
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her courage to say her secret
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why does amir want to go to jalabad
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so he can be with baba on his own
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what infuriated baba
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amir called ali and hassan servants
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what did amir do to hassan at the pomegranate tree
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hit him with a pomegranate and said hit me back
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what did hassan tell ali happen
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he got into a scuffle with some kids over the kite
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when did amir become an insomniac?
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when he realized he was going to get away with his sin
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what did assef invite amir to do
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play volleyball and bring hassan
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what was assefs present to amir
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a biography of hitler
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what was the name of the girl rahim khan almost married
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Homaira
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why didn't rahim khan marry her
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she was a hazara
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what did rahim khan give amir for his birthday
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a leather bound notebook
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what did amir see that he would never forget
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hassan serving drinks to assef and wali on a silver platter
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what were the two presents Baba gave amir
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a schwinn stingray and a wristwatch
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what did amir call all his gifts but from rahim khan
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blood money
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what did ali and hassan get amir
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a brand new hardback copy of the shahnamah
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what did hassan say when baba asked if he stole amirs stuff
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yes
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what was hassans final sacrifice for amir
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saying yes
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why was amir stunned
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baba forgave hassan
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what did baba do that amir had never seen
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baba sobbed
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what year did they leave kabul
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1981
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wh
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who occupied kabul
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the russians or shorawi
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where was the first destination
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Jabalad
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who was the driver
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karim
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how are they getting there
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the khyber pass into peshawar
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how many servants had they had since ali left
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7
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who taught children what spies were like
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rafiqs
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what did the husband of the wife do
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kissed babas hand
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what happened to Toor rakims brother
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his engine blew out
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how long was baba and amir stuck in the basement
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a week
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what was something happy that amir thought of
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friday afternoon in Paghman with Hassan
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what was the summation of babas life in pakistan
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one disappointing son and 2 suitcases
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who were babas 3 heros
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Israel US and Britain
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what did reagan call shorawi
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the evil empire
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what was baba the lone of in the building
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republican
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for amir america was a place to bury his sorrows for baba
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it was a place for him to mourn his
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what was babas last gift for amir
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america
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how old was amir when he graduated
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20
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what did baba get for amir
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a ford gran torino
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where did general sahib work
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the ministry of defense
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