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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
Writing Help

Further Study

Chapters Eight and Nine Quiz

Further Study Chapters Eight and Nine Quiz

1 of 5
What does Amir say aloud when everyone is sleeping in the house in Jalalabad?

He is going to kill Assef.
He wants to go to America.
He has lost his faith.
He saw Hassan get raped.

2 of 5
How does Amir treat Hassan when he returns from Jalalabad?

He is very cold to him.
He asks him prying questions.
He picks a series of fights with him.
He treats him with excessive gentleness.

3 of 5
What does Hassan do when Amir throws pomegranates at him?

Throws them back but misses Amir on purpose
Smashes a pomegranate on his own forehead
Dodges them and begs Amir to stop
Smashes them with a stick and runs away crying

4 of 5
What present does Ali give Amir for his birthday?

A copy of the book Amir read to Hassan
A notebook filled with letters from Hassan
A biography of Afghanistan's first king
A history of the British Empire

5 of 5
How does Amir cause Ali and Hassan to leave?

He buys them plane tickets to America.
He convinces Baba to fire Ali.
He frames Hassan for a theft.
He has Assef and his friends chase them away.

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