Characters
Plot Elements Part 1
Recall and Comprehension Questions Part 1
Recall and Comprehension Questions Part 2
SAT Vocabulary
100
This is the nickname given to Amir's father
What is Baba?
100
Afghanistan in the 1970's would be an example of this plot element.
What is the setting?
100
This is where Amir first met his future wife, Soraya
Where is the Flea Market?
100
This is Amir's ethnicity
What is Pashtun?
100
This SAT word means 'hitting with a heavy impact.'
What is bludgeoning?
200
This is the name of the woman of Hassan's mother, the beautiful woman who walked out on Hassan and his father Ali; only to return many years after.
Who is Sanaubar?
200
Amir getting Sohrab to smile when he says, "For you, a thousand times over." is an example of this plot element?
What is the resolution?
200
This was the amount of wives Ali had.
What is two?
200
This is the the person who watched the Kite Fighting Tournament with Baba on the top of the roof.
Who is Rahim Khan?
200
This SAT word means 'speaking in a monotonous tone; a continuous and low humming sound.'
What is drone?
300
These are the names of Assef's two friends
Who are Kamal and Wali?
300
Assef's attack on Hassan is an example of this plot element.
What is the inciting incident?
300
This is what Soraya did that brought shame upon her family.
What is she ran away with an Afghan man.
300
This is what Baba constructed and paid for in Chapter 3
What is an orphanage?
300
This SAT word means 'to find out definitely; to determine.'
What is to ascertain?
400
This is the name of the family that Rahim Khan referred Amir to adopt Sohrab
Who are the Caldwells (Tom and Betty)?
400
Amir's fight with Assef over Sohrab is considered to be this plot element.
What is the climax?
400
What was Jamila Taheri's hobby and/or profession before she married The General?
What is singing?
400
This is the country that invaded Afghanistan, causing Baba and Amir to flee to America
What is Russia?
400
This SAT word means 'a keen sense for what is appropriate or tasteful in delicate situations.'
What is tackt?
500
This is the name of the US Embassy official who met with Amir when he was trying to take Sohrab back to California with him.
Who is Raymond Andrews?
500
Amir's realization, after a lifetime of thinking otherwise, that he and Baba are much the same--OR that Baba is actually Hassan's father is an example of this plot element.
What is the epiphany?
500
This is name for the longest day of the year/fist night of winter in 'The Kite Runner' and/or Afghan culture?
What is yelda?
500
These are the nationalities of Assef's parents?
What are Afghan (Pashtun) and German?
500
This SAT word means 'a sudden perception or insight into the reality of something.'
What is an epiphany?
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