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A hanging dead body
What does amir see near the Khyber restaurant he and Baba used to frequent for Kabob?
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Kabobs, naan, and rice
What did Farid and Amir eat for dinner?
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Adultery
What was the crime that the woman and man at the stadium punished for?
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an honorific title
What does Agha mean?
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The K and the R
What letters were missing from the Khyber Restaurant?
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$75
How much did Amir pay for the hotel room?
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10 minutes
How many more minutes did Farid say Amir had to see the house?
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Preach
What did the Taliban do before stoning the couple?
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It shows that he is now ready to face his past and overcome it rather than forget everything
What does the following quote reveal about how Amir has progressed? “I dont want to forget anymore”- amir 21.263
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Red
What is the color of the three pickup trucks that pull into the stadium?
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Amir uses the pink house on the corner as a landmark for finding his father's house.
How does Amir find Baba's house?
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A TV with over 500 channels
What surprised Farid about life in America?
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Either that the players must wear long pants, that the crowd cannot cheer too loudly unless it’s for the Taliban, that all men must have beards, or no adultery
What is one enforced rule that the Taliban expressed (through action or words) at Ghazi stadium?
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Ghazi Stadium
What is the name of the last place Amir and Farid visit in this chapter?
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The dead man's prosthetic leg.
There are two men "haggling" at a busy street corner, what about?
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"Like so much else in Kabul, my father's house was the picture of fallen splendor."
What does amir say his father’s house symbolizes?
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The real brains of the government
What does Farid call the Taliban?
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For three o’clock that same afternoon
When was Amir’s meeting with the Taliban official who took Sohrab set for?
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fool
What does beevkoof mean?
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The Taliban and people behind and in support of the government (mostly foreigners) such as; Arabs, Chechens and Pakistanis live in wazir Akbar Khan.
The houses in Wazir Akbar Khan are in good condition, why is that?
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“Maybe it was a hopeless place”
What did Amir start to think is true about what others said about Afghanistan?
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Mullah Nasruddin jokes (the equivalent of dumb blonde jokes herein America)
Farid and Amir stop at a rundown hotel during this chapter. What do they bond over that night?
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Any answer from the following will suffice: “How unofficial even official matters still were,” no assigned seats at the stadium or anyone to show people politely to their seats, afghan humor
What has the presence of the Taliban in Afghanistan not changed according to Amir? Give an example OTHER THAN anything that has to do with amir’s old house and neighborhood.
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a full body covering worn by some Muslim women that covers the entire body and face
What does Burqa mean
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The house has drastically changed, weeds are overgrown, the house is unkept, trees and shrubs are cut down, paint is peeling, the driveway is cracking, windows are broken, and the roof sags.
How does the current description of Baba's house differ from the one at the beginning of the novel? Be specific.
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