The Kite Runner Test
Pashtun correct answers Wealthy, educated, and influential
Hazara correct answers Minority, lower class: servants/ slaves
Ali correct answers Hassans "Father", Ali is Hassan's "father," and has served Baba for
the past forty years. Him and Baba grew up together as children, in the same way that
Amir and Hassan have. Ali is described as "perpetually grimfaced" on account of a
"paralysis of his lower facial muscles" and he has "a twisted, atrophied right leg" from
Polio . He marries the rather promiscuous Sanaubar who leaves him a week after she
gives birth to Hassan. Him and Hassan move to Hazarajat, where Ali's cousin lives.
Much later in the novel it is revealed that Ali is killed by a land mine, and also that he
couldn't have children, and that Baba is Hassan's real father.
Rahim Khan correct answers Babas best friend
-Rahim Khan is Baba's best friend and business partner.
-He's also the father-figure to Amir. Rahim Khan encourages Amir's writing, takes care
of Baba's house, brings Hassan back to Kabul, and brings Amir back to Afghanistan.
-Rahim Khan also shares Baba's deepest secret with Amir.
- Baba slept with Sanaubar, Ali's wife. Baba fathered Hassan and never told Amir or
Hassan they were brothers
Sohrab correct answers Hassans son
- Rapped by assef
- Placed in an orphanage by Amir
- Attempts suicide
- Related to Amir
- Kills Assef with a slingshot to the eye
Farid correct answers Takes Amir back to Kabul
- He is a driver
- When Sohrab is rescued, he takes care of Sorab
Kamal correct answers Dies on the journey to Pakistan in the fuel tank
- Helped Assef rape Hassan
- Father commits suicide after
- Rapped by 4 soldiers
Soraya correct answers Amirs wife
- Has a birthmark above her jaw
-When we [the Taheris] lived in Virginia, I ran away with an Afghan man. I was eighteen
at the time...rebellious...stupid, and...he was into drugs...We lived together for almost a
, month. [...]. Pader [General Taheri] eventually found us. He showed up at the door
and...made me come home. I was hysterical. Screaming. Saying I hated him..." (12.207-
12.208)
- Cant have kids
- Adopts sohrab
Baba correct answers Amir and Hassans father
- In the beginning is distant and ashamed of Amir
- Towards the end becomes more human
-Baba is Amir's father, who is considered a hero and leader in Kabul.
-Baba and Amir never quite seem to connect, especially in Afghanistan.
-Baba is always doing things for others and always seems to expect more from his son.
- Baba appears to exemplify a man who lives by his own moral code, yet he is carrying
a secret that if revealed, may undermine everything he stands for.
- Gets lung cancer and doesnt want treatment
- Smokes right after a doctors apt
Hassan correct answers -Hassan is Amir's playmate and servant and is a Hazara and
Shi'a Muslim.
-He's also the son of Ali.
-Hassan considers Amir his friend, although Amir never consciously considers Hassan
as such. -----
- Hassan epitomizes the perfect servant who is loyal to his master, even after the
master betrays him.
- Many critics consider Hassan's character "too good to be true," for even after he is
betrayed by Amir, Hassan continues to lie for the person he considers his friend.
- Rapped by Assef
Amir correct answers Amir is the narrator and protagonist of the novel and is a Pashtun
and Sunni Muslim.
-Although not a completely sympathetic character, Amir is one for whom most readers
feel compassion. Amir has conflicted feelings about his father, Baba, and his playmate,
Hassan.
-Often, Amir is jealous of the way Baba treats Hassan, although Amir realizes that
Hassan socially has a lower place in society. A conflicted character, Amir struggles
between the logical and emotional sides of his being.
-His obsession and guilty conscience, along with his adult perspective looking back on
childhood events, render him a usually reliable — yet simultaneously potentially suspect
— storyteller.
Rafiq correct answers Comrades, spies, or informant
Shoraw correct answers Soviets
What is a Talib correct answers Members of the taliban
Pashtun correct answers Wealthy, educated, and influential
Hazara correct answers Minority, lower class: servants/ slaves
Ali correct answers Hassans "Father", Ali is Hassan's "father," and has served Baba for
the past forty years. Him and Baba grew up together as children, in the same way that
Amir and Hassan have. Ali is described as "perpetually grimfaced" on account of a
"paralysis of his lower facial muscles" and he has "a twisted, atrophied right leg" from
Polio . He marries the rather promiscuous Sanaubar who leaves him a week after she
gives birth to Hassan. Him and Hassan move to Hazarajat, where Ali's cousin lives.
Much later in the novel it is revealed that Ali is killed by a land mine, and also that he
couldn't have children, and that Baba is Hassan's real father.
Rahim Khan correct answers Babas best friend
-Rahim Khan is Baba's best friend and business partner.
-He's also the father-figure to Amir. Rahim Khan encourages Amir's writing, takes care
of Baba's house, brings Hassan back to Kabul, and brings Amir back to Afghanistan.
-Rahim Khan also shares Baba's deepest secret with Amir.
- Baba slept with Sanaubar, Ali's wife. Baba fathered Hassan and never told Amir or
Hassan they were brothers
Sohrab correct answers Hassans son
- Rapped by assef
- Placed in an orphanage by Amir
- Attempts suicide
- Related to Amir
- Kills Assef with a slingshot to the eye
Farid correct answers Takes Amir back to Kabul
- He is a driver
- When Sohrab is rescued, he takes care of Sorab
Kamal correct answers Dies on the journey to Pakistan in the fuel tank
- Helped Assef rape Hassan
- Father commits suicide after
- Rapped by 4 soldiers
Soraya correct answers Amirs wife
- Has a birthmark above her jaw
-When we [the Taheris] lived in Virginia, I ran away with an Afghan man. I was eighteen
at the time...rebellious...stupid, and...he was into drugs...We lived together for almost a
, month. [...]. Pader [General Taheri] eventually found us. He showed up at the door
and...made me come home. I was hysterical. Screaming. Saying I hated him..." (12.207-
12.208)
- Cant have kids
- Adopts sohrab
Baba correct answers Amir and Hassans father
- In the beginning is distant and ashamed of Amir
- Towards the end becomes more human
-Baba is Amir's father, who is considered a hero and leader in Kabul.
-Baba and Amir never quite seem to connect, especially in Afghanistan.
-Baba is always doing things for others and always seems to expect more from his son.
- Baba appears to exemplify a man who lives by his own moral code, yet he is carrying
a secret that if revealed, may undermine everything he stands for.
- Gets lung cancer and doesnt want treatment
- Smokes right after a doctors apt
Hassan correct answers -Hassan is Amir's playmate and servant and is a Hazara and
Shi'a Muslim.
-He's also the son of Ali.
-Hassan considers Amir his friend, although Amir never consciously considers Hassan
as such. -----
- Hassan epitomizes the perfect servant who is loyal to his master, even after the
master betrays him.
- Many critics consider Hassan's character "too good to be true," for even after he is
betrayed by Amir, Hassan continues to lie for the person he considers his friend.
- Rapped by Assef
Amir correct answers Amir is the narrator and protagonist of the novel and is a Pashtun
and Sunni Muslim.
-Although not a completely sympathetic character, Amir is one for whom most readers
feel compassion. Amir has conflicted feelings about his father, Baba, and his playmate,
Hassan.
-Often, Amir is jealous of the way Baba treats Hassan, although Amir realizes that
Hassan socially has a lower place in society. A conflicted character, Amir struggles
between the logical and emotional sides of his being.
-His obsession and guilty conscience, along with his adult perspective looking back on
childhood events, render him a usually reliable — yet simultaneously potentially suspect
— storyteller.
Rafiq correct answers Comrades, spies, or informant
Shoraw correct answers Soviets
What is a Talib correct answers Members of the taliban
