Ch 1-4
This character is the narrator and protagonist who begins the story by reflecting on his past in 1975.
Who is Amir?
This neighborhood bully and antagonist carries brass knuckles and admires Adolf Hitler.
Who is Assef?
To get Ali and Hassan to leave, Amir hides his new watch and some birthday money under this.
What is Hassan’s mattress?
Baba and Amir settle in this California city, where Baba works at a gas station.
What is Fremont?
Burly
What is an adjective describing a person as large, heavily built, and muscular?
This is the physical deformity that Hassan was born with, which Baba pays to have surgically corrected.
What is a cleft lip?
This is the specific reason why Amir is so desperate to win the kite-running tournament.
What is to win Baba’s love/approval?
This is Baba’s surprising reaction when Hassan "confesses" to the theft Amir framed him for.
What is forgiveness?
This is the location where Amir first meets Soraya Taheri and her family.
What is the flea market (Swap Meet)?
Chasm
What is a deep, narrow fissure, gorge, or breach in the earth’s surface?
This "wise" friend of Baba often acts as a kinder, more understanding father figure to Amir.
Who is Rahim Khan?
This iconic phrase is what Hassan says to Amir before running the final blue kite.
What is "For you, a thousand times over"?
When escaping Kabul in a fuel truck, Baba stands up to a Russian soldier to protect this person.
Who is a fellow female passenger (a stranger)?
Before he dies, Baba spends his life savings (nearly $35,000) on this specific event for Amir.
What is Amir’s wedding (Nikkah)?
Boboresh
What is cut him?
Amir’s first word was Baba, but Hassan's first word was what?
What is Amir?
During the horrific assault in the alleyway, Amir describes Hassan’s face as looking like this kind of sacrificed animal.
What is a lamb?
This character dies by suicide after his son, Kamal, dies in the fuel truck during the escape.
Who is Kamal’s father?
General Taheri is very concerned with this Afghan concept, which translates to "honor and pride."
What is Nang and Namus?
Brood
What is to think anxiously or gloomily about?
According to Baba, there is only one sin, and all other sins are variations of it.
What is theft?
This historical event occurs in Chapter 5, marking the end of the Afghanistan Amir once knew.
What is the 1973 bloodless coup (overthrow of the King)?
Amir realizes that "the monster in the lake" from Hassan’s dream was actually this person.
Who is Amir himself?
This is the major health diagnosis that leads to Baba’s eventual death.
What is Oat Cell Carcinoma (Lung Cancer)?
Garrulous
a person who is excessively talkative, chatty, and often rambles about trivial or unimportant matters