- What is inscribed in the pomegranate tree in the back yard? Why is it significant that Amir and Hassan have a fight in front of this tree?
- What does Amir put under Hassan's mattress? Why does he do it?
- What does Baba than do that shocks Amir?
- What happens to Hassan and Ali?
- Who is Karim?
- Why do Amir and his father flee Afghanistan?
- Why does Baba challenge the Russian officer who is obviously high on drugs?
- In Chapter 10 several things happen that are ironic or foreshadowing. Explain each of these:
- The only way Amir can survive the long ride in the tank truck is to remember flying kites with Hassan.
- Baba gathers p the dirt of his homeland and places it next to his heart.
- Kamal's father commits suicide after Kamal dies from breathing th fumes of the truck.
- Kamal, one of Hassan's attackers has been raped and has not spoken since. - Chapter 11 has a new setting? What is it?
- "America was different. America was a river roaring along, unmindful of the past. I could wade down this river, let me sins drown to the bottom, let the waters carry me someplace far." Who says this? What does it reveal? What does the metaphor mean?
- Who is Soraya (Ch.11)?
- What are Baba and Amir doing in San Jose on the weekends?
- Who is General Taheri?
- What is Baba's reaction to what Amir says he wants to study in college?
- Baba says, "It may be unfair, but what happens in a single day can change the course of a whole lifetime." Whom is he speaking to? Why? How is the quote significant?
- What does Amir observe about a double standard in Ch.12?
- What is Baba diagnosed with?
Teacher Reading - Starting at Chapter 13
Discussion - Women in Afghanistan - the extreme double standard.
Article #1 - Afghanistan Online Magazine
Article #2 - CBC News Online
Article #3 - Journal of International Women's Studies
Article #4 - Wikipedia
Article #5 - TIME Magazine
Article #6 - The Globe and Mail
