Kite Runner Questions Chapters 14-25

Whom does Amir meet who once knew his mother?

A homeless beggar who was a university professor that taught his mother at college.

What does Rahim give Amir?

A photo of Hassan and his son and a letter from Hassan to Amir

How did Hassan's son get his name?

After Hassan's favorite character in a children's story

What celebration do Amir and his family attend?

Amir and his family go to the park to celebrate the Afghan New Year's Day on the first day of spring with others from Afghanistan

What does Amir discover at the American embassy when trying to get information about adopting Sohrab?

Amir discovers that the process of getting Sohrab will be nearly impossible. The embassy suggests that he just give up. A lawyer Amir hires also suggests the same thing.

What is the significance of Amir's injury to his lip?

Amir has the same scar that Hassan had with his harelip

What "bargain" does Amir make with God?

Amir promises that he will fast, pray, and make a pilgrimage if Sohrab can only live.

Amir tells Rahim at first that he cannot go to Kabul because he has a wife in America, a home, a career, and a family. What makes him change his mind and go to Kabul?

Amir realizes that his actions years ago prevented Hassan from having those same things in his life.

Who is the man with the sunglasses?

Assef

Why does Amir leave the hospital in Peshawar and go to Islamabad?

Farid thinks that Amir will not be safe in Peshawar. He knows the Taliban have friends and he is worried they will come looking for Amir. As soon as Amir is able to walk, they leave for a safer city.

What does Amir have to do to "earn" Sohrab?

Fight Assef

What is Rahim's dying wish?

For Amir to rescue Hassan's son from the orphanage in Kabul and bring him to Pakistan

Why could Amir be arrested for treason?

For not fighting with his fellow Muslims and leaving to live in America

What shocking news does Rahim tell Amir?

Hassan is Amir's half brother.

Who shows up at Amir's old house one day in an old blue burqa?

Hassan's Mother, Sanaubar

Why does the man at the orphanage say he has never seen Sohrab?

He believes they're part of the Taliban

What does Amir buy at this celebration?

He buys a kite like the ones in Afghanistan so he can fight the other kites already flying in the sky.

What did Sohrab do to himself?

He cut his wrists with Amir's razor to commit suicide

Why does Amir start laughing when he is in so much pain?

He finally feels at peace since the winter of 1975.

Why does Farid try to kill the director of the orphanage?

He finds out that he is selling children for sexual purposes to the Taliban

What happens at this celebration that makes Sohrab smile?

He flies a kite with Amir. The two fight another kite and win the tournament.

What does Amir give to Farid for helping him on his journey to find Sohrab?

He gives him all the money Rahim left, a little over $2,000.

Where does Sohrab go when he runs away from the hotel?

He goes to the large mosque, Shah Faisal.

Why is Sohrab scared to go with Amir to America?

He is afraid that Amir will get tired of him, or that Amir's wife won't like him.

What does Sohrab to do when he enters the room when Amir sees him for the first time?

He is forced to dance to music. He is wearing a demeaning outfit and has bells strapped to his ankles.

What skill did Hassan learn later in life?

He learned to read and write.

What happened to Rahim Khan?

He left town when Amir did and left only a note and keys to a safety deposit box behind for Amir when he returned

What does Amir have to wear as he travels to Kabul?

He must wear traditional Afghan clothing and a fake beard

What does the director of the orphanage say happened to Sohrab?

He says that Sohrab was sold to a Taliban official

What suggestion does the immigration lawyer give to Amir as his best chance of getting Sohrab out of Afghanistan and into America?

He says the best way to bring Sohrab home would be to relinquish him to an orphanage and start the paperwork through a private adoption agency after they do a home study.

How does Amir react the first time he sees the Taliban?

He stares at them and is chastised by Farid afterwards.

What does Sohrab do at the hotel each night before bed?

He takes a very long, hot bath.

What does Sohrab say he wants?

He tells Amir he is tired of everything and that he wants his old life back.

How did Rahim get the scar on his face?

He was at a soccer game when a man with the Taliban hit him in the face with his gun.

How did Ali die?

He was killed by a land mine.

How did Hassan die?

He was shot in the street by the Taliban

With what project does Amir get involved?

He works to raise money and get grants for a hospital on the Afghanistan/Pakistan border.

What signs from his childhood does Amir think of that support this idea that his father isalso Hassan's father?

His dad paid for Hassan's harelip to be fixed, he never missed his birthday, he called Hassan family when Amir asked him if he would ever get new servants,and he cried the day Ali and Hassan left.

Amir thinks Wahid's children are envious of his wristwatch so he gives it to them as a gift. What does Amir later discover they really want?

His food

Describe some of Amir's most severe injuries.

His mouth is wired shut from a broken jaw, he has a ruptured spleen, several broken ribs, a punctured lung, a broken bone around his eye socket, several missing teeth, a spilt upper lip, and many cuts

Where do Hassan and his family stay when they move back to Amir's home with Rahim?

In the small hut Hassan was raised in

Why doesn't Farid go with Amir to meet with the man in white with the sunglasses to ask about Sohrab?

It would be too dangerous

Describe the Afghanistan Amir sees upon his return.

Poverty is everywhere. Most of the city is destroyed, and the Taliban roam the streets looking for trouble.

How does Amir find out Rahim Khan is sick?

Rahim calls Amir and asks him to come to Pakistan to see him.

What good news does Soraya give Amir?

She tells him her uncle who works for the INS is going to be able to get Sohrab into the country immediately and without any problems.

Describe how Amir is finally able to leave the room and get away to safety with Sohrab.

Sohrab finds a brass ball and shoots Assef in the eye with his slingshot

What does Amir discover when he goes into the bathroom to talk to Sohrab?

Sohrab is bleeding and unconscious in the tub.

Describe how Sohrab acts once in America.

Sohrab is silent. He never speaks to anyone and takes up very little space. He sleeps all the time and sometimes it is hard to remember he is even there.

What does Sohrab's new room in America look like?

Soraya decorated Sohrab's new room with sheets showing brightly colored kites. She also made a growing chart on the wall and had a wicker basket overflowing with toys.

Even though it is really hot, what are all the soccer players wearing?

Sweatpants

Amir planned on leaving Sohrab with the Caldwell family in Pakistan. Why does Amir suddenly have to change his plans and become responsible for Sohrab?

The Caldwell family doesn't exist.

In what way does Amir stand up to the General for the first time?

The General calls Sohrab a Hazara boy, and Amir stands up to him telling him never to use that term in his presence again.

What happens at half time during the soccer game?

The Taliban stone two people to death for adultry

What does Amir look for when he climbs the hill to the cemetery where he and Hassan used to play?

The carving on the treeHe looks for the carving on the pomegranate tree that says, "Amir and Hassan, the Sultans of Kabul."

How does Amir find Sohrab since Sohrab is gone form the orphanage?

The director of the orphanage tells Amir and Farid that the Taliban official will be at the Ghazi Stadium tomorrow

Who is Farid?

The man driving Amir to Kabul

What do Amir and Farid see two men haggling over in the street?

The men are "haggling" over an artificial leg being sold on the black market.

What significant historical event happens a few months after Amir returns to America?

The twin towers in New York City fall on September 11, 2001.

What type of lifestyle do the Afghan people live in Pakistan?

They are very poor. Some open businesses, but they are struggling to stay alive in very crowded areas.

How did the people of Afghanistan react when the Taliban took control of the country?

They were so happy they celebrated and danced in the streets.

Farid is resentful of Amir and treats him with contempt. What makes him suddenly change his attitude?

When he finds out Amir is trying to rescue an orphan and get him to safety