United Nations
Russian Revolution
Iran
To Be or Not To Be
Kite Runner
100
The current secretary general of the UN.
Who is Ban Ki-Moon?
100
The Tsar at the time of the Russian Revolution.
Who is Nicholas II?
100
Bloody 8 year war fought with neighboring country.
What is the Iraq-Iran war?
100
The eight primary "to be" verbs.
What is am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been?
100
Amir's name for his father.
What is Baba?
200
The year the UN was created.
What is 1945?
200
The two men who struggled for power after the death of Lenin.
Who are Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky?
200
The first Supreme Leader of Iran.
Who is Ayatollah Khomeini?
200
The category of pronouns which "you" should avoid in formal writing.
What is second person?
200
The coating on the strings used in kite battles.
What is glass?
300
These countries hold the five permanent seats on the UN security council.
Who are China, Russia, France, United States, and Great Britain?
300
The name of the last dynasty of Russian Tsars.
What is the Romanov dynasty?
300
The secret police of the Shah.
What is SAVAK?
300
The reason that the phrase “fifty bills” should be avoided in formal writing.
What is slang/colloquialisms?
300
The true relationship between Amir and Hassan (revealed near the end of the book).
What is half-brothers?
400
This organ of the UN is responsible for the administrative section of the UN and is headed by the secretary general.
What is the secretariat?
400
The secret police of the Bolsheviks during the revolution.
What is the cheka?
400
The popular reformist politician and Prime Minister who was a victim of the 1953 coup.
Who is Mohammed Mossadegh?
400
(Name one of) the three primary functions of a "to be" verb.
What are linking verb, helping verb, creating passive voice?
400
The ethnicity of Hassan and Ali.
What is Hazara?
500
This man offered to buy the land in New York City which the UN headquarters was built upon.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
500
Name of the massacre by Tsarist forces during a peaceful 1905 protest.
What is Bloody Sunday?
500
The name of the computer virus in Iran's nuclear computers.
What is Stuxnet?
500
The author of the story "What's Wrong with Joey?", featured in the WHOs.
Who is Pearl Mae?
500
The place where Amir first sees Assef when he returns to Afghanistan.
What is the soccer stadium?
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