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REVIEW FOR UNIT TEST – CHAPTERS 10-25 Assignment 4 Chapters 10-11 1. What is Karims job? He is a people smuggler. He gets people out of Afghanistan. 2. To what country do Amir and his father first seek for safety from Afghanistan? They head to Pakistan for safety. 3. What country has a presence in Afghanistan as Amir and his father leave? Russian soldiers are in Afghanistan during this time. 4. At the first checkpoint Amirs father stands up and confronts the Russian soldiers, putting himself in danger. Why? One of the Russian soldiers wants to rape an Afghan woman on the bus. 5. Where do Amir and his father wait with the others trying to leave Afghanistan as new truck parts are ordered? They wait crammed into a cold, dark basement with†¦show more content†¦She takes care of Amirs father day and night. They live with him, and she does the cooking for him and administers his medicine. She also reads to him each day. 11. What is Sorayas mother not allowed to ever do in public by orders of her husband? She is never allowed to sing in public, though she has a very beautiful voice. 12. What great accomplishment happens in regards to Amirs career? He becomes a published author. 13. What do Amir and Soraya try desperately to do, but are unsuccessful? They try very hard to have a child, but after expensive procedures and medications, nothing works. Assignment 6 Chapters 14-17 1. How does Amir find out Rahim Khan is sick? Rahim calls Amir and asks him to come to Pakistan to see him. 2. What type of lifestyle do the Afghan people live in Pakistan? They are very poor. Some open businesses, but they are struggling to stay alive in very crowded areas. 3. How did Rahim get the scar on his face? He was at a soccer game when the man next to him cheered loudly after a goal. Someone patrolling the game thought it was Rahim who made the noise and hit him in the face with his gun. 4. How did the people of Afghanistan react when the Taliban took control of the country? They were happy, they celebrated and danced in the streets because they thought it was an end to the war and their country would once again know peace. 5. How did Ali die? He was killed by a land mine. 6. What skill did HassanShow MoreRelatedReview Of The Kite Runner 1513 Words   |  7 PagesKhalid Hosseini’s famous novel, The Kite Runner, there is a character named Hassan who has a harelip, which makes him fall under this category by showing how even though he never does anything spectacular throughout the novel, he is still an important character. In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caufield has gray hair (so he says) and in The Birthmark, Georgiana has a small birthmark on her cheek. 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