Themes
What 6 themes are present in The Kite Runner?
Betrayal, redemption, fathers & children, violence, memory & the past, politics & society
What character is a foil to Hassan?
Amir
Who says the following quote: “I grew up with Ali. My father took him in, he loved Ali like his own son. Forty years Ali’s been with my family. [...] And you think I’m just going to throw him out? [...] And Hassan ... Hasan’s not going anywhere, do you understand?” (89-90).
Baba
What present does Rahim Khan give to Amir for his thirteenth birthday?
A leather-bound notebook
What theme does the following quote show: "And that led to another understanding: Hassan knew... He knew I had betrayed him and yet he was rescuing me once again, maybe for the last time" (105).
Betrayal
Assef declares his support of who in the story?
Adolf Hitler
Amir receives praise for the first short story that he writes from which two characters?
Hassan and Rahim Khan
Who says the following quote: “I don’t know what I’ve done, Amir agha. I wish you’d tell me. I don’t know why we don’t play anymore” (88).
Hassan
What theme does Amir represent the most so far later in the story?
betrayal
What sin does Baba hate the most?
Stealing
What does Amir plant underneath Hassan’s mattress?
Watch and money
Who says the following quote: “Baba, have you ever thought about getting new servants?” (89).
What theme does the following quote show the most:
"Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay, to win Baba" (77).
Fathers and Children
What two words belong in the blanks based on the following quote:
"I thought about Hassan’s dream, the one about us swimming in the lake. There is no monster, he’d said, just water. Except he’d been wrong about that. There was a monster in the lake… I was that monster" (86)
_____ says this quote and it shows that he is feeling _____.
-Amir
- Guilt
How did Ali's parents pass away?
Car accident
Who says the following quote: “We can’t live here anymore. [...] Life here is impossible for us now, Agha sahib. We’re leaving” (106).
Ali
What two themes does the following quote show:
"...I hurled the pomegranate at him. It stuck him in the chest, exploded in a spray of red pulp. Hassan's cry was pregnant with surprise and pain.
'Hit me back!' I snapped" (92).
Violence
Redemption
What words go in the blanks and who says the following quote:
“For __ a ________ _______ over!” (67).
“For you a thousand times over!” (67).
Hassan
During his birthday party, what does Amir see when a firework lights up the backyard?
Amir sees Hassan serving drinks to Assef and Wali.
When Assef and his parents arrive at Amir’s birthday party, which characters talk the most?
Baba and Assef