Q 01/05

In The Kite Runner, what was Hassan really to Amir, a secret that Baba took to his grave?

A) His cousin

B) His nephew

C) His half-brother

D) His adopted brother

Answer · why

C) His half-brother

Hassan was his half-brother, because Baba had secretly fathered him with the wife of his servant Ali. Amir hears it only decades later, when both Baba...

Q 02/05

In The Kite Runner, which words complete Hassan's promise as he chases Amir's prize kite: 'For you, …'?

A) A thousand times over

B) To the ends of the earth

C) Until my dying day

D) Anything you ask

Answer · why

A) A thousand times over

A thousand times over is Hassan's cry as he sets off after the last kite of the 1975 tournament. Amir says the same words to Hassan's son in the novel...

Q 03/05

In The Kite Runner, who phones Amir from Pakistan to tell him 'there is a way to be good again'?

A) General Taheri

B) Rahim Khan

C) Farid

D) Ali

Answer · why

B) Rahim Khan

Rahim Khan, Baba's old friend and business partner, makes the call because he has always known what Amir did in 1975. The line sends Amir back to Afgh...

Q 04/05

In The Kite Runner, what does Baba tell Amir is the only real sin, of which every other is a variation?

A) Lying

B) Murder

C) Cowardice

D) Theft

Answer · why

D) Theft

Theft, says Baba: to kill is to rob a man of his life, and to lie is to rob someone of the truth. The lesson turns bitter once Amir learns what Baba h...

Q 05/05

In The Kite Runner, which animal does legend say Baba once wrestled with his bare hands?

A) A bear

B) A wolf

C) A leopard

D) A wild boar

Answer · why

A) A bear

A bear, and a black one at that, is what Kabul believes Baba fought, pointing to the long scars on his back. Amir later dreams of the fight and sees h...