Kite Runner Jeopardy 1

Characters

100

Amir betrays this character in an alleyway in the winter of 1975.

Hassan

200

This character is Baba's business partner and best friend, while also being a mentor to Amir. 

Rahim Khan

300

During the fight with Assef, this character laughs while getting beaten because they feel they deserve it. 

Amir

400

Baba's opinion was the driving force behind this character's decision making.

Amir

500

This character states that "war doesn't negate decency, it demands it."

Baba

Plot 1

100

People in Kabul harass and abuse Hassan and Ali because they are of this ethnicity. 

Hazara

200

After winning the Kite Fight, Amir should feel happy to have this character's love, but instead he feels empty. 

Baba

300

Hassan dies protecting this. 

Amir and Baba's house

400

In Amir's mind, sacrificing Hassan is an exchange for this.

Baba's love and approval

500

This "bear" finally got Baba in the end. 

Cancer

Plot 2

100

Soraya reveals this secret about herself to Amir before they are getting married because it is not societally acceptable. 

She ran away with a man when she was younger

200

Baba is thrown out of a grocery store when he gets aggressive after being asked to show this piece of documentation because he paid with a check. 

ID

300

Baba and Amir must flee Afghanistan because this country has invaded and made living conditions dangerous. 

Soviet Union

400

When Hassan is harassed by the soldiers about his mother, Amir does this, but only privately. 

Comforts Hassan

500

Farid's initial attitude toward Amir when they meet is this. 

Disdain/Contempt/Disapproval

Elements of Fiction

100

Khaled Hosseini uses this POV narration.

First Person Protagonist

200

Throughout the novel Hosseini uses this literary element to hint at events to come. 

Foreshadowing

300

"America was a river, roaring along, unmindful of the past..." is an example of this type of figurative language 

Metaphor

400

Sohrab shooting Assef in the eye, Amir returning to his childhood home, and Amir standing up to Assef are all examples of this type of moment. 

Full circle 

500

Khaled Hosseini uses this symbol to represent not only Hassan and Amir's friendship, but the constant assault of Afghanistan and its ultimate deterioration. 

The Pomegranate Tree

Wild Card

100

This favorite book series of Ms. Foedisch features the Greek gods in the modern world and follows the story of a young son of Poseidon

Percy Jackson & the Olympians

200

While Captain America is his superhero name, the character's real name is this. 

Steve Rogers

300

Tiana is the princess in this Disney musical film set in New Orleans.

The Princess and the Frog

400

The state fruit of New Jersey.

Blueberry

500

This musician holds the records for most Grammies won in a lifetime, with 32 total.

Beyonce