(1) A community of nuns living in the Bronx faced a problem when their dog died. (2) There was too much tar and
concrete in the Bronx for easy burial, so the nuns decided to put their old German shepherd in a big suitcase. (3) They
would take their beloved pet to a convent in Yonkers, New York, where there was land enough for a decent burial. (4)
Two of the sisters lugged the heavy suitcase to the subway (5) At the station a courteous man helped the women in the
brown Franciscan habits to lift the load onto the train. (6) On the crowded train two passengers gave up their seats to the
sisters, and the kind man took a position with the suitcase not far behind them (7) All seemed to be going well until they
arrived at their stop, when a big surprise awaited them. (8) Their suitcase was gone, obviously stolen by the man, who
was not so nice after all. (9) Happily, their surprise was not the only surprise of the day
1. The primary purpose of this passage is to
a inform
b. persuade
c. entertain

The kite runner reading assignmentdirections: answer the comprehension questions on a separate sheet of paper. then, ucseparate sheet of paper. then, define each vocabularyword firinally, explain each quotation in your own words, including why it is significant or important to thenovel.i. chapters 1-5 (pp. 1-47)reading questions1. the novel begins with a flashback what do you think is its purpose? what do you canwhat do you think is its purpose? what do you learn about the narrator? 2. who is hassan? describe him physically what is a cleft lip? describe him by his relationshipslip? describe him by his relationships. what was hisfirst word? why is that important? how did he come into amir's life? what contrast is made baetweenamir and hassan? sep3. what does it mean to be hazara, shi'a muslim, afghanistan's minority group? who, in the story thus alsohazara? sep4. what does it mean to be pashtun, sunni muslim, afghanistan's majority group? who, in the story thus far, ispashtun? see5. how does amir describe his home? why do you think he elaborates this description so much? what do thedetails of the family pictures in amir's house reveal? sệp6. who is sanaubar? how is she contrasted to amir's mother? sep7. who is ali? what do the neighborhood children call him? what does it mean? why do they call him this? sė8. how does amir feel about his father in these chapters? sep9. who is the king's cousin? what did he do and why? sp10.who is baba? describe him. what are his values? how does he relate to extremely religious leaders? sepri11.what does baba give hassan for his birthday? what does his present suggest about his character? howdoes amir react to this present? why did the present turn out to be ironic? sp12.who is assef? what is his ancestry? what is he famous for? what is his political vision? sp13. who are wali and kamal? 14. what happens between assef/wali/kamal and amir/hassan? what does assef threaten (foreshadow)? 15. hassan has plastic surgery to be able to smile "normally by the following winter. why does amir thinthat is ironic? 16. what does amir want to tell assef about hassan when assef bullies them about being friends? locabulary chapters 1-5

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4friends evenly divided up a nn-slice pizza. one of the friends, harris, ate 11 fewer slice than he received.