2. Who is the beggar that Amir gives some money in Chapter 20?
(a) A university professor who worked with Amir's mother.
(b) A teacher who Amir had had as a child.
(c) A university professor who worked with Hassan's mother.
(d) A teacher who was friends with Baba.

3. What happened to the pomegranate tree?
(a) It was full of life in a barren area still bearing fruit.
(b) It died.
(c) It was Taliban headquarters.
(d) It was cut down and used for wood.

4. What does Amir eat as he waits for the man with sunglasses in Chapter 22?
(a) Pomegranates.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Rice.

5. In Chapter 17, who does Rahim Kahn say will care for Sohrab?
(a) A couple in America.
(b) A Pakistani couple in America.
(c) An American couple in Pakistan.
(d) Amir and his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to most of the trees in Kabul, which used to be plentiful?

2. What does Rahim Kahn give to Amir in Chapter 17 from Hassan?

3. Where did Rahim Kahn live for many years?

4. Who is Amir's guide on his journey back to Afghanistan in Chapter 19?

5. How is the man with the sunglasses beaten in the end?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 17, what does Amir deduce is his relationship with Hassan?

2. Explain why Amir comments in Chapter 19 that he feels like a tourist in the country in which he was a child?

3. Why does Rahim Kahn refuse Amir's offer to take him to America for newer and better treatments for his illness?

4. In Chapter 13, what does Amir feel is coming between him and Soraya in their marriage?

5. Why do Farzana and Hassan nurse his mother back to health?

6. Describe the difference between the motivation for Amir leaving money under Hassan's mattress as a child and leaving it under Farid's family's mattress as an adult.

7. How does Sohrab react to the idea of being put back in an orphanage temporarily?

8. In Chapter 18, as Amir thinks about his childhood and Baba's attitude toward him, how does Amir feel?

9. Amir goes to Kabul to save Sohrab; however, is this what actually happens?

10. What do kites symbolize to Amir, as seen in Chapter 14?

(see the answer keys)

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