Kite Runner Chapters 14-25
Chapter 14 and 15
1.Where is Amir planning on visiting?
2.What was Amir dreaming of the night before he leaves on his trip?
3.Describe the taxi driver in Chapter 15.
4.Explain what Amir’s creative writing teacher said about clichés. Why is this humorous? What cliché describes the interaction with Rahim Khan? Why?
5.How did people now move around from place to place, neighborhood to neighborhood in Kabul?
6.Why does Rahim Khan say that he decided to stay in Kabul?
7.Who lived with Rahim Khan in Kabul?
8.How did Amir honestly feel about wanting to know about Amir, when he was in America?
Chapter 17
1. Who was in the polarioid picture that was in the envelope that Amir opens? Describe the photo in detail.
2. Would have Amir recognized Hassan if he had bumped into him on the street?
3. Summarize the letter that Hassan has written to Amir.
4. Why did the Talib hit Farzana? Why didn’t Hassan fight back?
5. What does Hassan say that he has dreampt of?
6. What has happened to Hassan? Why?
7. How were Hassan and Farzana’s deaths justified by the government?
8. Why didn’t anyone come forward?
9. Where is Sorhab?
10. What does Rahim Khan ask of Amir?
11. Why does it have to be Amir that does this for Rahim Kahn and for Sohrab?
12. Why does Rahim Kahn tell us about Ali’s first wife of three years? Why is this significant? What does this tell us about Hassan? About Baba?
13. Why doesn’t Amir want to know this information? What is his reaction to the information once he has it?
Chapter 18
1. What does Amir say that he feels like as he walks down the street?
2. What had Baba stolen according to Amir?
3. How is the cliché true for Amir and Baba, “ like father like son”?
4. Do you think that life would have been different for Ali and Hassan if Amir had not had them kicked out? Do you think that the course of events was all Amir’s fault?
5. How can Amir be good again?
6. What is Amir’s final decision?
Chapter 19
1. Describe KhyberPass.
2. What does the taxi driver offer Amir? Why does he lie about it making him feel better?
3. Describe Farid’s family. How come he only has five children now?
4. What were the preparations that Amir had to make in order to go to Kabul?
5. Why did Amir decide to leave for Kabul so soon, even when Rahim Khan had asked him to stay for a few more days?
6. Why couldn’t he tell Soraya that he was going to Afghanistan?
7. How does Amir feel about being in Afghanistan? What is the taxi driver’s response? What does he say about Amir that is true? Why is he so offended?
8. Who were the dozds?
9. Who are Amir and Farid staying with?
10 What does Wahid tell Amir he should write about?
11. How is Wahid’s opinion of Amir different from that of Farid’s?
12. What does Wahid say to Amir after Amir tells him of Hassan and Sorhab? Why does he cringe inside after he hears it?
13. What does Farid say to Amir before they go to bed? How has his tone changed? Why?
14. What does Amir dream? How is this different from what really happens? Why do you think he is dreaming this?
15. How does Amir finally feel about Afghanistan as he steps outside of Wahid’s place?
16. What has Amir left under the matress? What does this reveal about his character? Do you believe he is static or dynamic?
Chapter 20
1. What had Farid warned Amir about? Why wasn’t Amir ready for this?
2. How long did it take to get to Kabul when Amir used to live in Afghanistan? How long does it take now? Why?
3. Describe Kabul in several sentences.
4. What does Farid tell him about the kites? About the police?
5. Why isn’t Amir supposed to look the Taliban in the eyes?
6. When the beggar says, “How seamless seemed love, and then came trouble.” What does this mean? How does it relate to what has happened in Kabul with the Taliban?
7. What happened to Baba’s orphanage?
8. What was the old beggar’s profession? Why is Amir intrigued?
9. What were some of the details the beggar told Amir about his mother?
10. What are the two reasons Amir thinks Baba might not have told him much about his mother?
11. Why didn’t Amir and Farid mention the coincidence of the beggar knowing his mother? What does Amir say about this incidence?
12. Describe the orphanage
13. What does the man at the orphanage say about the picture that Amir hands him? Why? Why doesn’t he want to open the door?
14. Why does he finally let them in? What piece of information did it take?
15. How many orphans stay at the orphanage?
16. Why may it be too late for Sorhab? Why is it dangerous?
17. Why is Farid so angry at the director of the orphanage?
18. How do they find the man who has been taking the children?
19. How do you feel about the orphanage director? What would you have done if you were he?
Chapter 21
1. Describe the Khyber Restraunt. Why is the Restraunt this way? Why has Amir been there before?
2. What is hanging nearby? What is the people’s reaction to this?
3. Why was the man on the corner trying to sell his leg?
4. Who does Farid say are “the brains” of the Taliban?
5. Describe Amir’s flashback as they enter the street he used to live on.
6. How did Amir feel as he looked at his old house?
7. Describe the house.
8. Why does Farid keep prodding him to leave… to hurry up?
9. What does Amir want to do? Why does he think this is insane?
10. What does Farid tell Amir to do? Why does Amir take his ten minutes anyway?
11. What was Amir looking for? Why? Does he find it?
12. Describe the hotel Amir stays in? Why is he not upset that they charge so much?
13. Describe Ghaza Statium… the smells, the noise…
14. What will happen if they catch the man selling “sexy” pictures? What are the women wearing in the pictures? Would this be considered “sexy” in our country? Why is it so taboo in Afghanisan?
15. What do they do with the woman and the blind folded man? Why are they doing this?
16. Summarize what the cleric says to the crowd.
17. Describe the man with the broad shoulders.
18. What does he do to the “accused”?
19. Why does Amir refer to the man as John Lennon? Why is this ironic?
20. Predict what might happen when Amir meets with this man. What do you feel about this?
Chapter 24
1.Describe Peshawar.
2.What was the hotel room like?
3.Why doesn’t Farid stay the night? What does Amir give him before he goes? Why?
4.Why doesn’t Mr. Fayyaz charge Amir for a ride to look for Sorhab?
5.Where do they finally find him?
6.What do Amir and Sorhab talk about as they are sitting together?
7.What does Amir give Sorhab? What does Sorhab say about his family?
8.Describe Sorhabs character as we know him so far. Give examples from the text to support your answer.
9.When Amir tells Sorhab about the fact that he is his father’s brother, he tells him that Baba loved them both equally, but differently. Do you think this is a true description of his love? What else does Amir say about Baba? Who is he ashamed of?
10.What is Sorhab’s answer when Amir asks him to come home with him? (p.235) What are some of his concerns?
11.When Amir calls Soraya, Soraya tells him that they have been worried sick about him. Amir tells Soraya to, “tell Jamilla to stop killing sheep.” What does this mean?
12.What does Soraya say about Amir brining Sorhab home?
13.What happens when Amir and Sorhab visit the American Embassy?
14.What technicality is holding up the process of adoption? Why is this so ironic?
15.Where do Amir and Sorhab have to go next?
16.Describe Omar Faisal.
17.Why is Sorhab upset that he may have to go back to an orphanage? Would this be a permanent thing?
18. What do you predict happened to Sorhab at the end of the chapter?