the kite runner

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what error does hassan point out in amir's first story?

a plot hole, the man could just chop onions to cry

means sir or master

agha

the children call him babalu

ali

in arabic, it means god is great

allahu akbar

the narrator of the novel

amir

what was hassan's first word?

amir

what does amir carve into the pomegranate tree?

amir and hassan: sultans of kabul

he kills a man and a woman at a soccer match

assef

he wishes to get rid of the hazaras out of afghanistan

assef

amir's father

baba

means father

baba

what was amir's first word?

baba

describe the relationship of baba and amir

baba and amir are very distant in the beginning, baba is very manly and does not understand amir, they are connected through kite running, their relationship grows when they move to america and baba starts to see amir become successful there

this means boogyman

babalu

what birthday gift does assef give amir?

biography of hitler

amir's friend and driver

farid

persian language that amir's mom teaches

farsi

hassan's wife

farzana

amir's father in law

general taheri

what physical defect does hassan have?

harelip

amir's hazara friend and servant

hassan

the ethnic group in afghanistan that has asiatic features

hazara

why is hassan loyal to amir?

he loves him and sees him as his brother

how does amir frame hassan?

he puts money and a watch underneath his mattress

why is amir jealous of hassan?

he sees all the attention going to hassan, hassan also has all of the traits he wish he had, he's brave and athletic

when amir says at the beginning of the novel he's been "peaking down that alley for twenty-six years," what does that tell us about him?

he's feeling guilt from childhood trauma

how does the author use scars and disfigurement in the novel?

if you have an external scar, you're good on the inside, vice versa, assef strongly represents internal scars, hassan/ali represents the opposite, sanaubar starts like assef and ends like hassan, same with amir when his lip is split

amir's mother in law

jamila

capital and largest city of afghanistan

kabul

what city do amir and hassan grow up?

kabul

he is raped as a teenager and dies in gas fumes

kamal

who is it that tells amir that his mother was fearful for her happiness while pregnant?

one eyed beggar

what ethnic group mostly makes up the upper class?

pashtun

how are pashtun and hazara different?

pashtun is sunni, middle eastern, high class, literate, power; hazara is shia, asiatic, servants, illiterate, less power

baba's business partner

rahim khan

at the beginning of the story, amir thinks of himself as superior to hassan because he can do what?

read

what is the significance of the pomegranate tree?

represents amir and hassan's friendship, begins fruitful and then it's bare when amir moves away but it still has potential, will never bloom again when hassan dies but it's not dead because of sohrab

which country invaded afghanistan in 1979?

russia (ussr)

at the beginning of the novel, where is amir living?

san francisco

she abandons her husband and child

sanaubar

why did amir never know his mother?

she died during childbirth

what happened to hassan's mother?

she runs away with a group of dancers

how does hassan die?

shot defending amir's house

hassan's son

sohrab

amir's wife

soraya

why is the book called the kite runner?

starts with it being hassan, ends with it being amir, the kite runner saves/catches things that are falling before they crash

in arabic it means student

talib

islamic fundamentalist political movement that took control of afghanistan

taliban

what does baba believe is the greatest sin?

theft

what promise does rahim khan make to amir at the beginning of the book?

there is a way to be good again

how are amir and baba similar?

they both have a lot of guilt for betraying those who love them; guilty of theft, baba stole the truth from amir and hassan, amir stole hassan's innocence and place in the house

when amir goes back to afghanistan, what does he see at the halftime performance?

two people being stoned to death for adultery


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