The Kite Runner - Chapter 16

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Who is fighting over Afghanistan?

Four factions or groups: The Taliban, Shorawi, Mujahedin, Massoud, Rabbani

Who shows up on day wearing a burqa?

Hassan's mother - Sanaubar

Where does Rahim locate Hassan?

Hazarajat

What happened to Ali?

He was killed by a land mine two years ago.

Why did Rahim Khan come back to Kabul?

He was very lonely as many of his relatives or friends had been killed or fled since 1981.

What does Amir do out of respect for Baba who is now dead?

He wears black for 40 days.

When Rahim locates Hassan, who else is with him?11

His pregnant wife Farzana living in a small hut

What does Hassan teach Sohrab

How to fly a kite and how to read and write

Where does Hassan and his wife stay?

Not in the main house- in the servant's huts where he was born

Who's voice tells the story in chapter 16?

Rahim

Who grows very attached to Sohrab?

Sanaubar

How does Sanaubar help Farzana?

She helps deliver the baby boy.

What happens to the newborn?

She is stillborn.

What do they name him?

Sohrab after the hero in the book Shahnamah

What's wrong with her face?

Someone took a knife and sliced her face over and over again - she is missing an eye.

What does Rahim Khan reveal to Amir about Baba?

That he is dead

How did the Taliban treat the Hazaras?

They massacred them in 1998 in a city called Mazar-i-Sharif

Can Hassan read and write now?

Yes, an old Farsi teacher taught him how to

Does Hassan forgive Sanaubar for abandoning him?

Yes, he initially runs out of the house when he discovers that it's his mom and stays out for the night, but eventually returns the next day, holds her hand, and nurses her back to health.

What makes it hard for Rahim to maintain Baba's house?

arthritis

When Rahim is looking for Hassan, he is told to look for?

the only hut with a walled garden

Where does Hassan agree to move to?

Baba's house


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