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Kite Runner

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    Questions on the book
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  • What is a Kite Runner?
    Someone who retrieves the losing kite of a kite battle
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  • How did Ali come into Baba’s family?
    Ali’s parents were killed and Baba’s father, who judged the murder trial, took him in
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  • What is it that worries Baba about Amir?
    A boy who can’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything
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  • How is Hassan’s cleft lip fixed?
    Baba pays for the surgery as a birthday gift to Hassan
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  • Why does Amir think Baba doesn’t love him fully?
    Baba holds him responsible for the death of his wife (Amir’s mother), who died giving birth to Amir
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  • What does Amir put under Hassan’s mattress to frame him?
    Money he received for his birthday and the watch Baba gave him
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  • Why do Baba and Amir leave Kabul? (who)
    The invasion by the Russians has turned the country into a dangerous war zone
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  • What does Amir decide to study in college?
    English
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  • Where does Amir meet Soraya?
    The flea market
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  • Which accurately describes the traditional Afghan way of proposing marriage, which we see in the novel?
    The mans father asks for consent from the womans father
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  • What do Amir and Soraya want to do but are not able to?
    Have a baby
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  • What does Rahim Khan say to Amir to convince Amir to go to Pakistan?
    There is a way to be good again
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  • Why does Rahim Khan want Amir to go to Kabul?
    So he can get Sohrab and bring him back to Pakistan
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  • Why does Farid initially dislike Amir?
    Farid thought Amir was a typical rich American returning to Kabul to sell property
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  • What do Farid and Amir see during the half-time show of the soccer game in Kabul?
    A man and a woman stoned to death
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  • Why does Amir laugh when Assef beats him?
    He feels relief from his guilt
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