THE CHAGA
CUP
Kite Runner Edition
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Rules
No name calling
No whining 
No use of any notes
Remember to keep your voices low when
discussing answers amongst your teammates…
• Sheets that are not turned in to Ms. Chaga by
“Time’s Up!” do NOT count.
HISTORY
1. Which Muslim sect (group) do the
majority of Hazaras belong to?
2. What is the name of the largest and
traditionally most powerful ethnic
group in Afghanistan?
3. Which Taliban rule did the people
who were stoned in Ghazi Stadium
disobey?
4. Baba and Amir left Afghanistan in
March of 1981. Which country’s
invasion was the reason for this
departure?
5. What is Amir’s family’s connection
to King Nadir Shah?
6. What happened in Mazar-i-Sharif in
1998?
7. What is Shari’a?
8. Which historic event is the author
referring to when he says, “Suddenly,
people were standing in grocery store
lines and talking about the cities of my
childhood”?
9. In what year does Kite Runner
end?
10. Who was the historic figure that
Assef looked up to as a role model?
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1. Which Muslim sect (group) do the
majority of Hazaras belong to?
Shi’a/ Shiite
2. What is the name of the largest and
traditionally most powerful ethnic
group in Afghanistan?
Pashtuns
3. Which Taliban rule did the people
who were stoned in Ghazi Stadium
disobey?
Adultery
4. Baba and Amir left Afghanistan in
March of 1981. Which country’s
invasion was the reason for this
departure?
Russian
5. What is Amir’s family’s connection
to King Nadir Shah?
Hunting photograph
6. What happened in Mazar-i-Sharif in
1998?
Hazara massacre
7. What is Shari’a?
Islamic Law
8. Which historic event is the author
referring to when he says, “Suddenly,
people were standing in grocery store
lines and talking about the cities of my
childhood”?
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September 11 , 2001
9. In what year does Kite Runner
end?
2002
10. Who was the historic figure that
Assef looked up to as a role model?
Adolf Hitler
QUOTATIONS
“Who Said That?”
1.”I’m sorry, agha sahib, but our bags
are already packed. We have made
our decision” (106).
2. “You don’t know the meaning of
the word ‘liberating’ until you’ve
done that, stood in a roomful of
targets, let the bullets fly, free of guilt
and remorse...”(277).
3. “Don’t ever stare at them! Do you
understand me? Never!”(248)
4. “While you’re busy knitting
sweaters, my dear, I have to deal
with the community’s perception of
our family. People will ask” (360).
5. “The streets are full enough of hungry
orphans and every day I thank Allah that
I am alive, not because I fear death, but
because my wife has a husband and my
son is not an orphan” (216).
6. Because I’m so profoundly happy, Dr.
Rasul. Happiness like this is
frightening…They only let you be this
happy if they’re preparing to take
something from you” (250).
7. “You know, I’ve done a lot of things I regret
in my life…but that will never happen again,
and I am so profoundly sorry. I ask for your
bakhshesh, your forgiveness. Can you do
that? Can you forgive me?” (355)
8. “Besides, there’s another reason I
asked you to come here. I wanted to
see you before I go, yes, but
something else too” (202).
9. “He’s staying right here with us,
where he belongs. This is his home
and we are his family. Don’t you
ever ask me that question again!”
(90)
10. “I want to play with Rahim Khan sahib
in the garden. I want to live in our house
again…I want my old life back” (354).
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*****Time's UP!!!!*****
1.”I’m sorry, agha sahib, but our bags
are already packed. We have made
our decision” (106).
Ali
2. “You don’t know the meaning of
the word ‘liberating’ until you’ve
done that, stood in a roomful of
targets, let the bullets fly, free of guilt
and remorse...”(277).
Assef
3. “Don’t ever stare at them! Do you
understand me? Never!”(248)
Farid
4. “While you’re busy knitting
sweaters, my dear, I have to deal
with the community’s perception of
our family. People will ask” (360).
General Taheri
5. “The streets are full enough of hungry
orphans and every day I thank Allah that I
am alive, not because I fear death, but
because my wife has a husband and my son
is not an orphan” (216).
Hassan
6. Because I’m so profoundly happy, Dr.
Rasul. Happiness like this is
frightening…They only let you be this
happy if they’re preparing to take
something from you” (250).
Sofia (Amir’s mother)
7. “You know, I’ve done a lot of things I regret
in my life…but that will never happen again,
and I am so profoundly sorry. I ask for your
bakhshesh, your forgiveness. Can you do
that? Can you forgive me?” (355)
Amir
8. “Besides, there’s another reason I
asked you to come here. I wanted to
see you before I go, yes, but
something else too” (202).
Rahim Khan
9. “He’s staying right here with us,
where he belongs. This is his home
and we are his family. Don’t you
ever ask me that question again!”
(90)
Baba
10. “I want to play with Rahim Khan sahib
in the garden. I want to live in our house
again…I want my old life back” (354).
Sohrab
PLOT
1. What was the saying that Amir
carved in the pomegranate tree?
2. Why didn’t Baba want to be treated
by the first oncology doctor?
3. Who yelled at Amir and Hassan
when they reflected mirrors into the
neighbor’s houses?
4. Amir’s mother, Sofia, taught Farsi
Literature with a character who Amir
meets later in life. Who was it?
5. What is the name of the story that
Hassan’s son was named after?
6. Why did Rahim Khan invite Hassan
and his wife to live in Baba’s house?
7. Who accused Amir of coming back
to Afghanistan for the sole purpose
of selling land and making money?
8. What important paperwork could Amir
NOT provide to the American Embassy
that subsequently stopped the adoption
process?
9. While Soraya was taking care of
Baba, what was she secretly reading
to him?
10. What is Wazir-Akbar Khan?
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answers.
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answers.
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1. What was the saying that Amir
carved in the pomegranate tree?
“Amir and Hassan, the sultans of
Kabul.”
2. Why didn’t Baba want to be treated
by the first oncology doctor?
Dr. Schneider was of Russian origin.
3. Who yelled at Amir and Hassan
when they reflected mirrors into the
neighbor’s houses?
Ali
4. Amir’s mother, Sofia, taught Farsi
Literature with a character who Amir
meets later in life. Who was it?
Dr. Fasul; the beggar on the street in
Kabul
5. What is the name of the story that
Hassan’s son was named after?
Rostam and Sohrab
6. What is the main reason that Rahim
Khan invited Hassan and his wife to
live in Baba’s house?
He was lonely.
7. Who accused Amir of coming back
to Afghanistan for the sole purpose
of selling land and making money?
Farid
8. What important paperwork could Amir
NOT provide to the American Embassy
that subsequently stopped the adoption
process?
Death Certificates
9. While Soraya was taking care of
Baba, what was she secretly reading
to him?
Amir’s journal of writings.
10. What is Wazir-Akbar Khan?
Amir’s neighborhood in Kabul.
THEMES
For the following slides, write
the theme (from our notes on
themes in the novel) that
BEST fits the situation or
quotation.
1. During his fight with Assef, Amir
splits his lip right down the middle.
After surgery in the hospital he finds
out that he will have a permanent
scar.
2. Hassan writes a letter to Amir telling him
that if Amir were ever to return to Kabul
he would find him as an “old faithful
friend” waiting for him.
3. Farid tells Amir that he cannot understand
why he would, “come all the way from
America for…a Shi’a.”
4. After the man and woman are stoned in
the stadium, their corpses are,
“unceremoniously tossed into the back
of red pickup trucks…”
5. Rahim Khan calls Amir from
Pakistan and tells him that there is,
“a way to be good again.”
6. Sohrab shoots Assef’s eye out with
his slingshot making him “one-eyed
Assef.”
7. Amir wanted the kite from the
tournament so badly because he wanted
to prove to Baba that he was someone he
could be proud of.
8. Hassan tells Baba that he did steal
the watch that Amir accused him of
stealing.
9. Even after he was sexually abused,
Sohrab eventually laughs again and
lets Amir hug him.
10. Baba withheld the truth about
Amir and Hassan’s blood connection
for his entire life.
1. During his fight with Assef, Amir
splits his lip right down the middle.
After surgery in the hospital he finds
out that he will have a permanent
scar.
Irony
2. Hassan writes a letter to Amir telling him
that if Amir were ever to return to Kabul
he would find him as an “old faithful
friend” waiting for him.
Loyalty and Devotion
3. Farid tells Amir that he cannot understand
why he would, “come all the way from
America for…a Shi’a.”
Discrimination, Bigotry, Class
Structure
4. After the man and woman are stoned in
the stadium, their corpses are,
“unceremoniously tossed into the back
of red pickup trucks…”
Man’s Inhumanity to Man
5. Rahim Khan calls Amir from
Pakistan and tells him that there is,
“a way to be good again.”
Guilt and Redemption
6. Sohrab shoots Assef’s eye out with
his slingshot making him “one-eyed
Assef.”
Irony
7. Amir wanted the kite from the
tournament so badly because he wanted
to prove to Baba that he was someone he
could be proud of.
Father/Son Relationships
8. Hassan tells Baba that he did steal
the watch that Amir accused him of
stealing.
Loyalty and Devotion
9. Even after he was sexually abused,
Sohrab eventually laughs again and
lets Amir hug him.
Resilience of the Human Spirit in
Times of Struggle
10. Baba withheld the truth about
Amir and Hassan’s blood connection
for his entire life.
Theft
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