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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the cut on his lip remind Amir of?
(a) His father, Baba's scars.
(b) Hassan's cleft palate.
(c) His mother's death.
(d) Assef and the fight.

2. What does Farid warn Amir not to do after he meets his first Taliban officers?
(a) Not to stare.
(b) Not to give money to the beggars.
(c) Not to speak.
(d) Not to remove his beard.

3. Why does the man at the American Embassy seem depressed and encourage Amir to give up?
(a) He does not believe in adoption.
(b) Sohrab is too old to be adopted.
(c) His daughter committed suicide recently.
(d) The process is too complicated.

4. Where does Amir decide to go at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) Kabul.
(b) Home.
(c) America.
(d) Rahim Khan's apartment.

5. When Amir goes for a walk in Chapter 14, what does he see that makes him remember his childhood?
(a) Rahim Khan.
(b) A gang of youth chasing a young boy.
(c) Kites flying.
(d) The Golden Gate Bridge.

6. What happened to Hassan and his wife?
(a) They are in an orphanage.
(b) They fled to Pakistan.
(c) They were drug from their home and beaten.
(d) They were shot by the Taliban.

7. Who lived with Rahim Kahn for 10 years?
(a) Hassan.
(b) Assef.
(c) Ali.
(d) Orphans.

8. How is the man with the sunglasses beaten in the end?
(a) Amir punishes him with the brass knuckles.
(b) Sohrab hits him in the eye with a brass ball from his slingshot.
(c) Sohrab punishes him using the brass knuckles.
(d) Amir hits him in the eye with a brass ball from his slingshot.

9. What does Hassan often do with his son before it was outlawed?
(a) Reading under the tree.
(b) Kite tournaments.
(c) Shopping at the market.
(d) Telling of ancient legends.

10. Why does Amir not complain about paying a large sum of money to stay in the dirty hotel room with bloodstains on the wall?
(a) Because he does not want anyone to be suspicious.
(b) Because he is afraid to complain due to the Taliban.
(c) Because he is resigned to the fact that Kabul is much different now.
(d) Because he knows the owner's family needs the money.

11. What is Sohrab amazed to see in Chapter 24?
(a) A nice hotel.
(b) Cartoons.
(c) A mosque.
(d) The American Embassy.

12. What happened to most of the trees in Kabul, which used to be plentiful?
(a) The poor burned them for firewood.
(b) The Taliban destroyed them.
(c) They were bombed and destroyed.
(d) The poor cut them down to build orphanages.

13. In Chapter 14, where does Amir plan to travel to see Rahim Khan?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Russia.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) San Diego.

14. How long have Soraya and Amir been married in Chapter 14?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 5 years.

15. Where did Rahim Kahn live for many years?
(a) In Hassan's mud hut.
(b) In Baba's Orphanage.
(c) In his own house.
(d) In Baba's House.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose phone call makes Amir agitated?

2. When does Baba die?

3. What do Farid and Amir see on their way to the soccer match in Chapter 21?

4. Who appears at Hassan's door, bloody and broken and in need of care?

5. What must Amir do to get Sohrab in Chapter 22?

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