Location, Location, Location
Where do Amir and Baba go every Sunday?
San Jose flea market.
During the fight, what specific injury does Amir sustain that connects him to Hassan?
A deep cut to his upper lip that when healed will leave a scar like a cleft lip (harelip).
What does Assef seem to represent when we meet him again in Kabul?
Shah Faisal - the biggest Mosque in the world.
Finish this statement... Amir recalls hearing, "There are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but _______________."
Little childhood.
Where is the hospital Amir ends up in after his fight with Assef?
Peshawar.
What is the significance of the Pomegranate tree by the cemetery?
It symbolizes the relationship between Amir and Hassan.
What is Baba's final fatherly duty that he performs for Amir in chapter 12?
Khastegari. He asks General Taheri if Amir may have his daughter's hand in marriage.
What did Rahim Khan do when the Taliban first came into power?
Danced in the street.
Where is Rahim Khan living when he calls Amir to come find him.
An apartment in Pakistan.
Amir makes a promise to Sohrab that he ends up going back on. This leads to some horrible consequences. What is it that he promised?
That he wouldn't put Sohrab back into an orphanage ever again.
Why did General Taheri make Soraya cut off her hair upon returning home after running away?
To shame her or to signify a fresh start.
Why is General Taheri against the idea of adoption?
He believes that family name, ancestry and blood matter because they are a powerful thing. When you adopt you don't know whose blood you are inviting into your house and one day they might want to leave to find their birth parents.
What does Sohrab compare waiting to?
Sour Apples (pg. 340)
Where specifically is the orphanage that Sohrab was supposed to be at? (The answer is not Kabul - look in chapter 20).
Northern part of Karteh-Seh, along the banks of a now dried up Kabul River.
What does Amir do to disappoint Baba yet again while trying to escape Afghanistan?
He tries to get him to sit down instead of defending the woman from the Russian officer.
What does Amir compare the emptiness to that ends up filling space between himself and Soraya?
A newborn child.
What does Farid say about Amir and his connection/understanding of Afghanistan. One specific line sums this up.
"You? You've always been a tourist here, you just didn't know it." (pg. 232)
What is the one thing that creates a solid, positive and consistent tie (connection) between the characters Amir, Baba, Hassan, and Sohrab by the end of the novel?
Kite Running.
Where does Amir take Sohrab to picnic after he gets out of the hospital?
Daman-e-Koh Viewpoint - Midway up the Margalla Hills.
What are the last words Amir hears Sohrab say for almost a year?
Rahim Khan - The mentor
Assef - The villain
Sohrab - The innocent
These are all examples of what literary term/device?
Character Archetype.
Assef says there are things traitors like Amir wouldn't understand. What does he compare Afghanistan to and what does he say the function of the Taliban (and himself) is?
"Afghanistan is like a beautiful mansion littered with garbage, and someone has to take out the garbage" (pg. 284).
What is the very first obstacle in Amir's way in regard to the process of trying to adopt Sohrab?
Trying to show that Sohrab is actually an orphan (getting death certificates for Hassan and Farzana).