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The Kite Runner

Unit Exam

Study Guide

#1-16

The answer to these questions can be found in chapters 1-8 of the novel.

Chapters 1-8

#1

What is the date in chapter 1?

Questions

Answer

Answer: December 2001

This is after Rahim Khan calls, but before Amir flashes back and remembers his childhood.

#2: How old is the narrator in chapter 1?

Answer: He is 36 years old.

He was 12 in 1975.

It is 26 years later.

12+26= 38

#3: Where is the narrator currently living?

#3 Answer

He is currently living in San Fransisco, California.

#4: Who is the first person that Amir mentions in Chapter 2?

#4 Answer

Hassan

He begins to unfold the story of his childhood and why Rahim Khan's phone call had affected him so greatly.

#5: Baba and his friends frequently talked about three subjects. What three subjects did they discuss?

#5 Answer

1. Politics

2. Business

3. Soccer

#6: What was Hassan's first word?

#6 Answer

Amir

This tells the reader that Hassan's unconditional love for Amir is rooted at their infancy.

#7: What is Baba's famous nickname?

#7 Answer

Baba's famous nickname is Mr. Hurricane because, like a hurricane, he is a force to be reckoned with.

#8: In chapter 3, what group do Amir and Baba see while they are fishing?

#8 Answer

They see a group of hippies, which tells us that Afghanistan wasn't so unlike America during the 70's.

#9: According to Baba, what is the "one sin"?

#9 Answer

Baba believes that the one sin is theft. All other sins are just different variations of theft.

#10: Who has surgrey?

#10 Answer

Hassan

Baba pays for the surgery to fix Hassan's harelip. This is unusual for the master of a Hazara.

#11: Who was one of Baba's childhood playmates?

#11 Answer

Ali was one of Baba's playmates.

He and Baba had a very similar relationship to Amir and Hassan.

#12: In chapter 4, what do Hassan and Amir carve into the Pomegranate tree near the entrance of the cemetery?

#12 Answer

"Amir and Hassan, the sultans of Kabul."

#13: At the beginning of chapter 5, what "roared like thunder?"

#13 Answer

Bombs

The king had been overthrown, and the fighting in Afghanistan had officially begun.

#14: In chapter 6, what was it about winter that helps the "chill" between Baba and Amir thaw?

#14 Answer

The Kite Flying Tournaments helps thaw their relationship because it is something they can both enjoy together. They seem to differ in every other way, except for their love of kite flying.

#15: In chapter 8, what book does Assef give to Amir for his birthday?

#15 Answer

A Biography of Hitler

This is unsettling because Assef seemed to agree with Hitler's regime. This is also foreshadowing future events.

#16: What was the first word of chapter 6?

#16 Answer

Winter.

This signifies that everything is about to change for Amir because we know that the winter of 1975 is the time he wished to bury in hi mind.,

Chapters 9-17

Chapters 9-17

#1

Questions

What birthday gift does Hassan give to Amir?

Answer #1

A new copy of the Shahnamah

Answer #1

#2

#2: What does Baba say after he learns of Hassan's theft?

#2 Answer

"I forgive you."

#3: Where do Amir and Baba stay while the truck is being fixed?

#3 Answer

They stay in a basement

#4: What does Kamal's father do when his son dies?

#4 Answer

He commits suicide by shooting himself in the head.

#5: Where do Baba and Amir live in America in the 1980s?

#5 Answer

Freemont, California

#6: According to Baba, the "only three men" are:

#6 Answer

America

Britain

Israel

#7: Who stands up to the soldier that wanted to violate the young mother?

#7 Answer

Baba. He was willing to die to save her honor.

#8: Complete this sentence:

"For me (Amir), America was a place to___________."

#8 Answer

"... bury my memories."

#9: Whom does Rahim Khan want to tell Amir about?

9 Answer

Hassan because there is a way for Amir to make thigs good again.

#10: Why did the people in Afghanistan initially accept the Taliban?

#10 Answer

The people had wanted the fighting to stop for years, and they thought the Taliban made that happen for them.

#11: In early 1990, who was the woman in the sky blue burqa that knocks on their door?

#11 Answer

Hassan's mother, Sanaubar.

#12: What happened to Ali?

#12 Answer

He was killed by a landmine. Rahim Khan thought it might have been because his bad leg caused him to miss-step.

#13: What is the name of Hassan's son?

#13 Answer

He named him Sohrab after his favorite character in his favorite childhood story.

#14: What happened to Hassan?

#14 Answer

He was accused of theft, and the Taliban shot him and his wife in the street.

#15: In 1998. what did the Taliban do to the Hazaras?

#15 Answer

They massacred all of them because they were going against the law by following a different version of Islam.

#16: What does Amir learn about Hassan and Baba?

#16 Answer

He learns that Baba is Hassan's father, which makes Amir and Hassan half-brothers.

Chapters 18-25

Chapters 18-25

Questions

#1: In addition to his own sins, whose sins does Amir think he is atoning for as well?

#1 Answer

Baba's

Amir found out that Baba was Hassan's father, and he had kept that a secret his whole life.

#2: At the end of chapter 18, what does Amir decide to do?

#2 Answer

He is going to Kabul.

He has decided to save Sohrab (Hassan's son)

#3: What does Amir notice about the children sitting with the burqa clad mothers who are begging in the streets?

#3 Answer

There are few adult males.

the Taliban/ the war had claimed most of them .

#4: What smell made Amir's eyes water?

#4 Answer

Diesel Fuel.

People used diesel fuel to keep generators running in Kabul because the electricity was unreliable.

#5: When Amir first sees the Taliban, why does Amir become upset with him?

#5 Answer

Amir couldn't keep his eyes off the Taliban, so he stared. This could have been interpreted as a challenge, and the Taliban might have responded negatively to this.

#6: Who does the old beggar used to know?

#6 Answer

Amir's mother.

They both taught at the university together before Amir was born.

#7: What does Amir see hanging near a restaurant?

#7 Answer

He saw a dead body.

This wouldn't have been uncommon. Bodies were sometimes piled in the streets since there was nobody to take care of them or there were too many to take care of right away.

#8: What horrific display happens at the soccer game?

#8 Answer

A couple accused of adultery are stoned to death by the Talib with the dark sunglasses.

#9: Which childhood enemy does Amir face in the beginning of chapter 22?

#9 Answer

Assef.

Assef has joined the Taliban, has captured and abused Sohrab, and then challenged Amir to a fight to the death in order for him to save Sohrab.

#10: Which archetypal character does Assef represent in the novel.

#10 Answer

The Devil's Archetype

He is the antagonist of this story, therefore he is the Devil's archetype.

#11: Where is Amir in the beginning of chapter 23?

#11 Answer

He is in the hospital. Assef caused him a lot of bodily injuries when he beat him up.

#12: Who does Amir take with him to Islamabad?

#12 Answer

He takes Sohrab there after he finds out that Thomas and Betty Caldwell never were in Peshawar, and he needed to escape the hospital so the Taliban couldn't catch up to him.

#13: What does Amir give to Sohrab after he finds him?

#13 Answer

He gives him the Polaroid of him and is father.

#14: Why was Sohrab admitted to the hospital?

#14 Answer

Sohrab attempted suicide after Amir told him he'd have to go to an orphanage. He has slit his own wrists in the bath.

#15: How long does Sohrab not speak?

#15 Answer

Sohrab doesn't speak for a year. It is likely that his depression is the reason.

#16: Where does Sohrab hit Assef with the slingshot?

#16 Answer

He hits him in the eye, effectively replacing his eyeball with the small, brass ball from the table that had been broken during the fight.

#17: What good news does Amir's wife tell him about getting Sohrab into the U.S.?

#17 Answer

They can bring him into the U.S. on a humanitarian visa.

#18: What act of terrorism does Amir reference in Chapter 25 "while Sohrab was silent and the world was not." ?

#18 Answer

9/11

Terrorists flew planes into the Twin Towers in New York.

THE END: GOOD LUCK!

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