Chapters One-Four
1. What does the narrator, Amir, recall about the moment he became "what The is] today"
(p. 2)? What do you think happened that day?
2. Who calls Amir from Pakistan? What does he tell Amir? How does Amir react?
3. Who said "For you, a thousand times over" (p. 2)? How does Amir refer to this person?
Give three details about him.
4. Who is Hassan's father? What is his physical handicap? What information does Amir give about his own and about Hassan's mother? How do you think this has affected the lives of both boys?
5. What does Amir call his father? How does he feel about him? What causes Amir to feel jealous at times?
6. What does Baba believe is the only sin? How does he rationalize his opinion? Briefly explain why you agree or disagree with Baba.
7. Why is Amir a disappointment to his father?
8. How did Baba and Ali become acquainted? What type of relationship do they now have?
9. How are Amir's and Hassan's childhoods similar? How are they different? What are their ethnic backgrounds? How is Amir sometimes unkind to Hassan?
10. What does Amir carve in the bark of a pomegranate tree? What do you think this symbolizes?
11. What is Hassan's favorite story? Why does this make him cry? How does Amir react?
12. Why is Rahim Khan important in Amir's childhood?