The kite runner - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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 H...

What does Amir see when he is nodding in and out of consciousness? correct answers Sees Baba wrestling a bear. Man wrestling bear ends up being Amir What injuries does Amir suffer from? correct answers Ruptured spleen, seven broken ribs. Upper lip cut in two. Will have permanent scar on upper lip. Busted eye socket What happened to Rahim Khan? correct answers Left Peshawar and no one knows where he is What does Rahim Khan know? correct answers Amir saw Hassan's rape What does Ra...

How does the use of Chapter 1 to introduce the flashback establish the overall mood of the novel?How would it be different if the story were told without the flashback? correct answers The use of chapter one to introduce the flashback establishes the overall mood of the novel through imagery. The narrator ended the first paragraph of the book with¨ I have been peeking into that deserted ally for the last 26 years¨(page 2). If the story were told without the flashbacks it would be different...

Soraya correct answers "I make one mistake and suddenly everyone is talking...and I have to have my face rubbed in it for the rest of my life." Sohrab correct answers "I want my old life back." Amir correct answers "...my entire life...had been a cycle of lies, betrayals, and secrets." Assef correct answers "Ethnic cleansing. I like it. I like the sound of it." Farid correct answers "That's the real Afghanistan...You've always been a tourist here, you just didn't kno...

Pashtun correct answers Wealthy, educated, and influential Hazara correct answers Minority, lower class: servants/ slaves Ali correct answers Hassans "Father", Ali is Hassan's "father," and has served Baba for the past forty years. Him and Baba grew up together as children, in the same way that Amir and Hassan have. Ali is described as "perpetually grimfaced" on account of a "paralysis of his lower facial muscles" and he has "a twisted, atrophied right leg" from Polio . He ma...

The Kite Runner Webquest History/Geography 1. Geographically, where is Afghanistan located? In the somewhat Middle/ South Asia. 2. What is the capital of Afghanistan? Kabul 3. What is the weather like in Afghanistan? Its seasons are severe, winter is dolefully cold, while the summer is scorching hot. 4. What is the most common occupation in Afghanistan? Farmers, miners, etc. 5. What happened in 1921? The British are defeated in the Third British-Afghan War. Afghan is a solo nation. ...

What year is it when the novel begins? correct answers 2001 Who asks Amir to come to Pakistan? correct answers Rahim Khan What is the relationship between Baba and Ali? correct answers Ali is Baba's servant What does Baba say is the only sin? correct answers Theft What does Baba worry about with regard to Amir? correct answers That Amir will not be able to stand up for himself as an adult What does Amir say he never viewed Hassan as? correct answers His friend How does A...

In chapter one during the phone call Rahim Khan tells Amir that he correct answers Has the chance to be good again Hassan is a member of the minority class in Afghanistan called correct answers Hazaras Baba and his friends frequently talked about three subjects. Which is NOT one of those subjects correct answers Poetry What was Hassan's first word correct answers Amir What is Babas famous nickname correct answers Mr hurricane The first time Amir sees a baby cry is when corr...