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How old was the narrator when an event in an alley changed his life? correct answers 12 In what city does the narrator live in the present? correct answers San Francisco Whose voice whispers to the narrator? What does it say? correct answers Hassan whispered "For you, a thousand times over...

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How old was the narrator when an event in an alley changed his life? correct answers
12

In what city does the narrator live in the present? correct answers San Francisco

Whose voice whispers to the narrator? What does it say? correct answers Hassan
whispered "For you, a thousand times over."

How is Hassan described? correct answers a boy with a cleft lip who was a kite runner
(harelip)

What is Rahim Khan's message? correct answers There is a way to be good again.

What is Hassan's chosen weapon? correct answers slingshot

Where do Hassan and the narrator often sit? correct answers Atop a hill, under a
pomegranate tree or on the poplar trees

Where did the narrator live during his childhood? correct answers Kabul, Afghanistan

What was Baba's house like in the 1970s? correct answers Lavish, large, clean and
expensive, most beautiful house in Kabul

Where does Hassan live and with whom? correct answers In a shack nearby Baba's
house, with his father Ali

Who is Hassan's mother and what happened to her after his birth? correct answers
Sanaubar; she ran off with a clan of traveling singers and dancers

In what ways were Ali and his wife an odd match? correct answers Sanaubar was
nineteen years younger than Ali, beautiful, and reputedly immoral. Ali was a devout
reader of the Koran, the bottom half of his face was paralyzed, and polio destroyed the
muscle in his right leg, giving him a severe limp.

What is the relationship like between the Pashtuns and the Hazaras? correct answers
The Pashtuns are the wealthy and top class in Afghanistan. The Pashtuns are the Sunni
Muslims. The Hazara's are the lowest class and usually the servants. These people are
the most discriminated against. The Hazara's are Shi'a Muslims.

What is the narrator's name? correct answers Amir

,What is the story that people don't doubt about Baba? correct answers Most people
don't know that Baba wrestled a Black bear.

What did Baba decide to build? correct answers an orphanage

In what businesses were Baba and Rahim Khan successful? correct answers carpet-
exporting business, two pharmacies, and a restaurant

What was Amir's mother's profession? correct answers taught classic Farsi Literature
at a University

What comparison does Baba make regarding Mullah Fatiullah Khan? What does it
reveal about Baba? correct answers He says "Piss on the beards of those self-
righteous monkeys!" This shows Baba's speculation of Islam.

What is the only sin Baba believes exists? correct answers theft

What did Amir's grandfather do for a living? correct answers judge

Why does Amir feel like his dad hated him a little? correct answers Because his mother
died giving birth to Amir.

What was Amir's escape? correct answers Reading his dead mother's novels

What causes Amir to cry at the Buzkashi? correct answers Because of the violence of
the sport

Why does Baba think there is something missing in Amir? correct answers Because
Amir is not like how Baba was when he was a child.

Who defends Amir when he is bullied by the neighborhood boys? correct answers
Hassan.

Who does Amir take his anger out on? correct answers Hassan

How did Ali come to live with Amir's family? correct answers Baba's father was a judge.
When Ali's parents were murdered, Baba's father took the case. Eventually he took him
under his wing and Baba and Ali became friends.

What separates Amir from Hassan? correct answers Religion.

Compare Hassan's typical routine to Amir's? correct answers Amir: wake up late, get
washed up, eat breakfast, complain about homework, drive to school, Hassan: wake up,
pray with Ali, prepare Amir's breakfast, made Amir's bed, polished Amir's shoes, ironed
Amir's outfit for the day, pack school supplies, (singing entire time), help Ali with daily
chores.

, How does Amir "claim" the pomegranate tree? correct answers By engraving both his
and Hassan's name onto the tree "Sultans of Kabul"

What do Amir and Hassan do under the tree? correct answers Amir reads stories
because Hassan is illiterate

Why is "Rostram and Sohrab" their favorite story? correct answers It was their favorite
because it was about a great warrior and his long lost son Sohrab.

How does Hassan inadvertently begin Amir's career as a writer? correct answers He
tells Amir that the "story" he read, which Amir made up on the spot, was the best story
he has ever heard.

What literary aspect of Amir's story does Rahim Kahn focus on? correct answers sound
grammar, interesting style, IRONY.

What writing lesson does Hassan teach Amir? correct answers Amir learns a lesson
about irony from Hassan.

What happened on July 17, 1973? correct answers Soviets invaded Afghanistan

Who is Assef? Briefly characterize him. correct answers The neighborhood bully that
terrorizes Amir and Hassan. He is violent, sociopathic and believes in racial cleansing.

What word does Amir say applies to Assef that he didn't know at the time? correct
answers sociopath

Who does Assef admire as a leader? correct answers Adolf Hitler

What is Assef's vision? correct answers Afghanistan is for Pashtuns, not anyone else.
Pashtuns are the "pure Afghans" and others dirty their blood.

How does Hassan protect Amir from Assef? correct answers By aiming his slingshot at
Assef's eye

How are the first two years of the republic positive? correct answers constitutional
monarchy had abolished, women's rights and modern technology

What is Baba's birthday gift to Hassan? correct answers Baba's present to Hassan is
plastic surgery. The doctor is going to fix Hassan's cleft lip, a gift designed to last
forever.

Why is winter every kid's favorite season? correct answers No school and flying kite
season

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