exam - the kite runner quotes
"...a boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to
anything." correct answers baba says these words to Rahim Khan while he is talking
about Amir at the end of Chapter 3, and the quotation reveals important traits in both
Amir and Baba. With these words, Baba sums up one of Amir's major character flaws -
his cowardice
"... I stopped watching, turned away from the alley...I could hear Assef's quick, rhythmic
grunts.. Or I could run. In the end, I ran..." correct answers Amir leaves Hassan in the
alleyway. Amir never tells Hassan he saw what happened in the alley. Do you think
Amir's silence is a worse betrayal than Amir's cowardice?
"I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of
1975..." correct answers first line of the book that sets the tone of the entire story. Amir
is telling the story of his failure to protect the one in his life worth protecting, his
playmate and servant Hassan. Hassan would do anything for Amir, even suffer the
indescribable violation of rape, just to satisfy a promise.
"...said our goodbyes early the next morning...the little one was wearing the watch - it
dangled around his twiggy wrist..." correct answers
"...a boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to
anything." correct answers baba says these words to Rahim Khan while he is talking
about Amir at the end of Chapter 3, and the quotation reveals important traits in both
Amir and Baba. With these words, Baba sums up one of Amir's major character flaws -
his cowardice
"... I stopped watching, turned away from the alley...I could hear Assef's quick, rhythmic
grunts.. Or I could run. In the end, I ran..." correct answers Amir leaves Hassan in the
alleyway. Amir never tells Hassan he saw what happened in the alley. Do you think
Amir's silence is a worse betrayal than Amir's cowardice?
"I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of
1975..." correct answers first line of the book that sets the tone of the entire story. Amir
is telling the story of his failure to protect the one in his life worth protecting, his
playmate and servant Hassan. Hassan would do anything for Amir, even suffer the
indescribable violation of rape, just to satisfy a promise.
"...said our goodbyes early the next morning...the little one was wearing the watch - it
dangled around his twiggy wrist..." correct answers
