THE KITE RUNNER QUIZ 15-20 (T)

(noun) the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work

• Exploitation

• Enunciate

• Prudence

• Furtive

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(noun) a period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watch, pray, or mourn the death of a group or individual

• Discretion

• Vigil

• Turmoil

• Empathy

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(noun) a confused fight or scuffle

• Melee

• Arid

• Arduous

• Oblige

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(noun) the action of saving oneself from previously committed errors, evils, or mistakes

• Remorse

• Redemption

• Squalid

• Irrevocable

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Ch. 13

46. What causes the strain between Soraya and her father?

• General Taheri feels distant from Soraya since she married Amir

• General Taheri cares more about his family's reputation than Soraya's happiness

• General Taheri believes that teaching is beneath her

• General Taheri believes that Soraya is not good enough for Amir

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Ch. 12

41. What does the way Soraya is treated reveal about Afghan culture?

• Women are treated like children before they are married

• Women are not expected to be able to read

• Women bring more shame to their families than men

• Women who stray from subjugation are not tolerated by society

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

(verb) to give someone the courage or confidence to do something

• Embolden

• Align

• Absolve

• Impunity

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Author of The Kite Runner?

• Khaled Hosseini

• Harper Lee

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• William Shakespeare

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CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

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CCSS.RL.K.6

In the Kite Runner, the word morose used in the quote, “he shirked the austere and nearly morose stance of older singers and actually smiled when he sang…” refers to...

• dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing or frightening.

• sullen and ill-tempered.

• easily annoyed or made angry.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does Ali always do when Hassan leaves the house?

• wave until he can no longer see Hassan

• pace nervously near the gate

• say a prayer

• give Hassan a hug and a handshake and remind him to be a good boy