What do the boys engrave of the pomegranate tree? correct answers Amir and Hassan the Sultans of Kabul.
Why is it ironic that Hassan can finally smile after having his surgery? correct answers He stopped smiling after that winter.
Why is winning the kite tournament important to Amir? corre...
What do the boys engrave of the pomegranate tree? correct answers Amir and Hassan
the Sultans of Kabul.
Why is it ironic that Hassan can finally smile after having his surgery? correct answers
He stopped smiling after that winter.
Why is winning the kite tournament important to Amir? correct answers He hopes his
win will make his father forgive him for killing his mother.
What is ironic about Hassan's dream of the lake monster? correct answers Amir
rescues Hassan in the dream, but doesn't rescue him from the monster in real life.
Why does Assef attack Hassan in the alley? correct answers He wants the blue kite,
but Hassan will not let him have it. He wants revenge for being embarrassed in front of
his friends earlier. He is jealous of Amir's friendship with Hassan.
Why does Amir run away from the alley, instead of helping Hassan? correct answers
He is a coward. He is afraid of getting hurt. He thinks Hassan is the price he has to pay
to win Baba.
Why does Baba threaten to hit Amir when they are planting tulips? correct answers He
asks him about getting new servants.
What does Hassan do when Amir throws pomegranates at him? correct answers He
smashes one against his own forehead.
Why does Amir throw pomegranates at Hassan? correct answers He wants Hassan to
hit him back to relieve his own guilt. He is mad at Hassan for not fighting back in the
alley.
What does Assef give Amir for his 13th birthday? correct answers Hitler's Biography.
Why did Rahim Khan not marry the woman he loved? correct answers She was a
Hazara. His family disapproved. She left with her family to Hazarajat.
What does Amir do with the watch and money he receives for his birthday? correct
answers He puts them under Hassan's mattress to make it look like Hassan had taken
them.
What does Baba do when Hassan confesses? correct answers He says, "I forgive you."
, When is the first time Amir sees his father cry? correct answers When Ali and Hassan
leave.
What do Amir and his father take with them when they leave Kabul? correct answers
Amir's parents wedding picture. Picture of Amir's grandfather with King Nader Shah.
Amir's leather-bound notebook from Rahim Khan.
Why is Baba almost shot by a Russian soldier? correct answers He refuses to let te
soldier assault a young mother in their truck.
Why does Kamal's father threaten to kill Karim? correct answers He blames him for
Kamal's death. He lied about having an operating truck to take them to Peshawar.
According to Baba, the world needed a hard man, a man to be reckoned with. Who is
this man? correct answers President Ronald Reagan
What does Baba give Amir for a high school graduation gift? correct answers An old
model Ford.
What do Baba and Amir do on the weekends. correct answers They go to garage sales
and sell the things they but at the flea market.
Why does Amir envy Soraya after she tells him of her past? correct answers Her secret
is out, while his is not.
Why do Amir and Soraya decide not to adopt a baby? correct answers The baby will
not have their smile. The baby might not have "good blood." Amir believes he doesn't
deserve to have children.
Why does Rahim Khan ask Amir to return to Afghanistan? correct answers He is sick.
To atone for his sins. To atone for his father's sins.
Why does Rahim go to look for Hassan? correct answers He is sick and needs help to
keep up the house. He wants to make up for Baba's mistake. He is lonely.
What is wrong with Sandbar when she shows up at Baba's house? correct answers
She has sores on her arms. She is starving. Her face is slashed.
What does Hassan teach his son to do? correct answers Use a slingshot. Read and
write. Run kites.
Why should Amir have been able to figure out that Hassan was his brother? correct
answers Baba had Hassan's harelip fixed. Baba never forgot Hassan's birthday. Baba
wept when Hassan left.
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