the kite runner study guide questions
(chapters seventeen-end)
what does amir discover about hassan, ali, and baba? correct answers ali is sterile and
baba is hassan's birth father, meaning amir and hassan are half-brothers
what does amir plant under the mattress at farid's home? correct answers a stack of
bills like he had twenty six years before under hassan's mattress
what does amir learn about his mother? from whom? correct answers a beggar tells
amir that amir's mother liked almond cake with honey, which is more information than
baba ever gave amir about his mother
what is zaman's excuse for his behavior? is this justified? correct answers he allows the
taliban to take one child so they don't come for ten instead; he uses the money they
give him to pay for the children's food; there is nothing zaman can do to stop the taliban
but that doesn't make his actions justifiable
why are the houses in amir's old neighborhood still in good shape? correct answers the
"important" figures of afghanistan, such as the taliban, are inhabiting the homes now
what makes amir stop laughing and think that maybe afghanistan was a hopeless
place? correct answers when farid asks amir why he is going to find a hazara boy of all
the children in afghanistan
what was the half time show for the soccer game? correct answers a bloody stoning to
death of a man led by taliban officials
what has happened to sohrab? correct answers he has been captured by and is being
abused by the taliban officials for entertainment
assef says amir could take sorhab on one condition - what is that condition and why?
correct answers assef wants to physically fight amir; whoever wins the fight will be the
victor (if amir wins he can leave and take sorhab with him)
why does amir laugh? correct answers he finally feels he's getting the punishment he's
deserved after all these years
what does amir promise sohrab? correct answers he says that he will never put sohrab
in an orphanage again
which of amir's injuries was ironic? why? correct answers the torn lip he received from
assef because hassan had a hare lip and assef was always bullying him for it
(chapters seventeen-end)
what does amir discover about hassan, ali, and baba? correct answers ali is sterile and
baba is hassan's birth father, meaning amir and hassan are half-brothers
what does amir plant under the mattress at farid's home? correct answers a stack of
bills like he had twenty six years before under hassan's mattress
what does amir learn about his mother? from whom? correct answers a beggar tells
amir that amir's mother liked almond cake with honey, which is more information than
baba ever gave amir about his mother
what is zaman's excuse for his behavior? is this justified? correct answers he allows the
taliban to take one child so they don't come for ten instead; he uses the money they
give him to pay for the children's food; there is nothing zaman can do to stop the taliban
but that doesn't make his actions justifiable
why are the houses in amir's old neighborhood still in good shape? correct answers the
"important" figures of afghanistan, such as the taliban, are inhabiting the homes now
what makes amir stop laughing and think that maybe afghanistan was a hopeless
place? correct answers when farid asks amir why he is going to find a hazara boy of all
the children in afghanistan
what was the half time show for the soccer game? correct answers a bloody stoning to
death of a man led by taliban officials
what has happened to sohrab? correct answers he has been captured by and is being
abused by the taliban officials for entertainment
assef says amir could take sorhab on one condition - what is that condition and why?
correct answers assef wants to physically fight amir; whoever wins the fight will be the
victor (if amir wins he can leave and take sorhab with him)
why does amir laugh? correct answers he finally feels he's getting the punishment he's
deserved after all these years
what does amir promise sohrab? correct answers he says that he will never put sohrab
in an orphanage again
which of amir's injuries was ironic? why? correct answers the torn lip he received from
assef because hassan had a hare lip and assef was always bullying him for it
