Quotes
"For you, a thousand times over."
Who is Hassan?
The afterthought that Rahim Khan says to Amir before he hangs up.
What is there is a way to be good again?
The city where Soraya and Amir move.
What is San Francisco?
Calls Amir and tells him to come to Pakistan.
Who is Rahim Khan?
The only sin in the world, according to Baba.
What is theft?
"So my father took me up to my bedroom and sat me in front of the dresser mirror. He handed me a pair of scissors and calmly told me to cut off all my hair. He watched while I did it."
Who is Soraya?
Before learning the reason why Amir is back in Afghanistan, Farid tells Amir that he will always be ______________ in Afghanistan.
What is a tourist?
The country that invaded Afghanistan.
What is the Soviet Union?
Sleeps with another man's wife fathering a son he never acknowledges as his own.
Who is Baba?
Rahim Khan's birthday gift to Amir.
What is a journal for Amir to write in?
"Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them in with your favorite colors."
Baba says that "a boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who ___________________"
What is a man who doesn't stand for anything?
They destroyed the orphanage built by Baba in Kabul.
Who is the Taliban?
Has a leg deformed from polio.
Who is Ali?
The animal Amir dreams he is wrestling with when he is in the hospital.
What is a bear?
"Will God put me in hell for what I did to that man?"
Who is Sohrab?
Sanaubar says that she has walked long and far to see if Hassan is as beautiful in the flesh as he is ________.
What is in her dreams?
Amir and Hassan went here to read.
What is a pomegranate tree?
♣︎ Shot in the head by the Taliban for protecting Baba's old home.
Who are Hassan and Farzana?
The color of the kite Hassan ran for Amir the night he was raped.
What is the color blue?
"I’m so afraid…Because I am so profoundly happy, Dr. Rasul. Happiness like this is frightening…They only let you be this happy if they’re preparing to take something from you."
Who is Sofia Akrami/Amir's mother?
The term of endearment that many characters use, but Baba never uses with Amir.
What is 'jan'?
Describe Kabul (Jadeh Maywand) on Amir's return with Farid.
What is a giant sand castle?
Amir gets angry at this character for using the words "Hazara boy" to describe Sohrab.
Who is General Taheri?
The promise Amir makes if Sohrab lives.
What is he will pray everyday?