Questions-Chapters 10-14

1. The "weakness" that Amir has is car sickness, and Baba has to apologize to people for it.

2. Karim is the person who helps Baba and Amir make their way across Pakistan.

3. Amir and Baba are fleeing Afghanistan because of the violence going on.

4. Baba challenges the Russian officer because it wasn't okay for him to have sex with a woman who doesn't want to.

5. Ironic or Foreshadowing?

• The only way Amir can survive the long ride in the fume-filled tank is by remembering flying kites with Hassan.- Ironic. Usually Hassan brings Amir thoughts of regret.
• Baba gathers up the dirt of his homeland and places it next to his heart.- Foreshadowing. He will miss home.
• Kamal's father commits suicide after Kamal dies from breathing the fumes of the tank. - Ironic. They died shortly after one another.
• Kamal, one of Hassan's rapists, has been raped himself and hasn't spoken since.- Ironic. He raped someone but has been raped himself.

6. Freemont, California is the new setting in chapter eleven.

7. The quote is said by Amir, and it reveals that now that Amir is in America, there is no going back and his sins are in the past.

8. Baba gives Amir a Gran Torino for his graduation present. Amir is so happy and touched, Baba is happy but he also mentions missing Hassan.

9. Soraya is General Taheri's daughter, and Amir is interested in her.

10. Baba and Amir go to yard sales and buy things, then sell them later for a profit on the weekends.

11. General Taheri is a man who brought his family to America, and also is a friend of Baba's.

12. Amir wants to major in English, Baba's reaction to this is that it is a job that doesn't involve success and that he will just be waiting to be discovered.

13. Baba is speaking about Soraya, about a bad relationship, it's significant because Baba can relate.

14. Amir observes that because him and Soraya were talking, people will talk about them talking.

15. The pulmonologist is from Michigan, but his family is Russian.

16. Baba is diagnosed with Oat Cell Carcinoma, he decides to treat it by letting whatever happens happen.

17. Baba asks Amir to meet with General Taheri because he wants to marry Soraya.

18. The bears that Baba has wrestled for example are: losing his wife and raising his son without his wife.

19. In Chapter 13, Amir hears the good news that he is going to be an author.

20. Amir and Soraya go through the disappointment of not having any kids. I think in order to have a healthy marriage there needs to be no secrets. Amir should have told Soraya. This makes their relationship not as true.

21. Rahim asks Amir to come home to see him, Rahim is getting old.