Kite Runner Review
REVIEW FOR UNIT TEST – CHAPTERS 10-25
Assignment 4
Chapters 10-11
1. What is Karim's job?
He is a people smuggler. He gets people out of Afghanistan.
2. To what country do Amir and his father first seek for safety from Afghanistan?
They head to Pakistan for safety.
3. What country has a presence in Afghanistan as Amir and his father leave?
Russian soldiers are in Afghanistan during this time.
4. At the first checkpoint Amir's father stands up and confronts the Russian soldiers, putting himself in danger. Why?
One of the Russian soldiers wants to rape an Afghan woman on the bus.
5. Where do Amir and his father wait with the others trying to leave Afghanistan as new truck parts are ordered?
They wait crammed into a cold, dark basement with rats running around.
6. Amir listens to his father speak with Kamal's father. What does he say happened to
Kamal?
Kamal's father explains that Kamal was beaten up and raped by four people and no longer talks at all.
7. How do Amir and his father travel on the second leg of their trip to safety?
They are put into an empty fuel tank with several others. There is absolutely no light, the air they breathe is full of gasoline fumes, and they cannot move or get out for quite some time.
20 Copyright 2008 Teacher's Pet Publications, Inc. 8. When Amir's father tries to use a check to purchase food, he is shocked that he is asked for
ID. He can't believe the lack of trust in America. Instead of a credit card, what method did they use in Afghanistan?
They would snap a tree branch and use it as a credit card. The merchant would make a notch each time something was purchased and at the end of the month they would pay for the number of notches.
9. How does Amir's father react when he is given food stamps?
Amir's father returns them and says that he will work for money for food and that he doesn't need charity.
10. What does Amir do that prompts his father to tell him he is proud of his son?
When Amir graduates from high school his
Assignment 4
Chapters 10-11
1. What is Karim's job?
He is a people smuggler. He gets people out of Afghanistan.
2. To what country do Amir and his father first seek for safety from Afghanistan?
They head to Pakistan for safety.
3. What country has a presence in Afghanistan as Amir and his father leave?
Russian soldiers are in Afghanistan during this time.
4. At the first checkpoint Amir's father stands up and confronts the Russian soldiers, putting himself in danger. Why?
One of the Russian soldiers wants to rape an Afghan woman on the bus.
5. Where do Amir and his father wait with the others trying to leave Afghanistan as new truck parts are ordered?
They wait crammed into a cold, dark basement with rats running around.
6. Amir listens to his father speak with Kamal's father. What does he say happened to
Kamal?
Kamal's father explains that Kamal was beaten up and raped by four people and no longer talks at all.
7. How do Amir and his father travel on the second leg of their trip to safety?
They are put into an empty fuel tank with several others. There is absolutely no light, the air they breathe is full of gasoline fumes, and they cannot move or get out for quite some time.
20 Copyright 2008 Teacher's Pet Publications, Inc. 8. When Amir's father tries to use a check to purchase food, he is shocked that he is asked for
ID. He can't believe the lack of trust in America. Instead of a credit card, what method did they use in Afghanistan?
They would snap a tree branch and use it as a credit card. The merchant would make a notch each time something was purchased and at the end of the month they would pay for the number of notches.
9. How does Amir's father react when he is given food stamps?
Amir's father returns them and says that he will work for money for food and that he doesn't need charity.
10. What does Amir do that prompts his father to tell him he is proud of his son?
When Amir graduates from high school his