Use quotes The Kite Runner

Chapters 7 & 8

1. On page 77 Amir states, “ I had one last chance to make a decision. One final opportunity
to decide who I was going to be. I could step into that alley, stand up for Hassan – the
way he’d stood up for me all those times in the past – and accept whatever would happen
to me. Or I could run. . . . In the end, I ran.” Explain what he means. Why had Amir run
away? (Be careful! Read this page a second time.)

2. What symbolism can you find in the scene where Amir and Hassan meet 15 minutes after
the assault? Explain.

3. Go back and reread the opening paragraph in the book. What do you now understand?

Choose the letter of the word that most clearly expresses the tone in each passage. if you are unfamiliar with any of the words, look them up before you select the correct answer. we have come together this afternoon to mourn the deaths of sixteen miners—our friends and neighbors—who were trapped by fire yesterday, deep below the earth. they lived bravely and they died too soon, leaving behind grieving wives and bewildered children. we bid them a final farewell. question 1 options: forgiving sorrowful angry amused

Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.

What inference about east egg values can be made based on this atmosphere? east egg residents like tom and daisy most value