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The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

Study Guide

Summary
Characters
- Character List
- Amir
- Hassan
- Baba
- Ali
- Sohrab
- Assef
Main Ideas
- Themes
- Plot Analysis
- Protagonist
- Antagonist
- Setting
- Motifs
- Symbols
- Genre
- Allusions
- Style
- Point of View
- Tone
- Foreshadowing
- Key Facts
Quotes
- Important Quotations Explained
- Quotes By Character
- Amir
- Hassan
- Baba
- Rahim Khan
- Assef
Further Study
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Further Study

Context Quiz

Further Study Context Quiz

1 of 5
Where did Khaled Hosseini grow up?

Pakistan, Iraq, and Los Angeles
Afghanistan, Iran, and Paris
Lebanon, Syria, and San Jose
Pakistan, Afghanistan, and California

2 of 5
What is Hosseini's professional background?

He is a lawyer.
He is an accountant.
He is a doctor.
He is a teacher.

3 of 5
When was The Kite Runner published?

1999
2001
2003
2006

4 of 5
Why were some of the actors in the film version of The Kite Runner moved out of the country?

Some Afghans were insulted and angered by depictions of rape in the movie.
Some Afghans asked them to become cultural ambassadors for the country.
They became too famous in Afghanistan to have normal lives.
They became so wealthy that they could afford to leave Afghanistan.

5 of 5
What did Hosseini discover when he returned to Afghanistan?

The Afghanistan he loved was exactly how he remembered it.
Afghans by and large did not know who he was.
His book had made him an enormous celebrity in Afghanistan.
Much of the world he knew as a child had been destroyed.

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