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Assef gives Amir this book for his birthday.
What is "a biography of Hitler?"
Amir and Baba left Afghanistan in this year.
What is 1981?
"I was that monster. That was the night I became an insomniac" (86).
Who is Amir?
The Russian soldier didn't let the truck pass because of this.
The Russian soldier wanted 30 minutes with the young woman in the truck.
This was the U.S president in 1980.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
Amir meets this girl while living in America.
Who is Soraya?
Amir graduated high school in this year.
What is 1983?
"I'm sorry, Agha sahib, but our bags are already packed. We have made our decision" (106).
Who is Ali?
Baba gets mad in Mr. and Mrs. Ngyuen's store because they did this.
Mr. and Mrs. Ngyuen ask Baba for his ID. (pg. 127)
Afghanistan borders six countries, name one of them.
What is Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, or China?
Amir and Soraya meet here.
What is the flea market?
The Russian Army marches into Afghanistan in this year.
"It was living in America that gave him an ulcer" (125).
Who is Baba?
Instead of getting Cokes for Baba, Amir came back with this from the Taheri's.
What are peaches?
What is green, red, black, or white?
What is General Taheri's reason that Amir and Soraya should not adopt?
In 1980, this country boycotts the Olympics in Moscow.
What is the United States? (pg. 126)
"I don't know why you're wasting your talents like this. Did you know, Amir Jan, that she earned nothing but A's in high school" (181).
Who is General Taheri?
In Afghanistan, they paid for stuff with this, like a credit card.
These two languages are spoken in Afghanistan.
What is Pashto and Dari?
This was Baba's last fatherly duty to do for Amir.
Asking General Taheri for his daughter's (Soraya) hand.
Amir makes multiple references when talking about the Soviets withdrawing from Afghanistan. Name one of the references. HINT: It's the year 1989.
What was the Berlin Wall, Tiananmen Square, or the Cold War? (pg. 182)
"Teaching may not pay much, but it's what I want to do" (182).
Who is Soraya?
Amir gets this car from Baba for college. Double points if you get the model and color of the car!
What is a Ford? Specifically, a navy blue Ford Grand Torino.
In the movie "Chicken Little," Chicken Little screams this for a good portion of the movie. Double points if you scream it!!!
What is, "THE SKY IS FALLING!!!"