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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Amir go after leaving Rahim Khan to think about his choices in Chapter 18?
(a) A coffee shop.
(b) Baba's old house.
(c) Home.
(d) Kabul.

2. For what does Amir feel responsible?
(a) Baba's death.
(b) Hassan's life.
(c) The destruction of the orphanage.
(d) Rahim Khan's illness.

3. Who is the man with the sunglasses?
(a) Assef.
(b) Sohrab.
(c) Hassan.
(d) Ali.

4. Who throws the engagement party for Amir and Soraya?
(a) No one.
(b) Baba.
(c) The General.
(d) Amir and Soraya.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long have Soraya and Amir been married in Chapter 14?

2. How does Amir's wife react to hearing the entire truth about Amir's childhood?

3. Who left town while Amir was in the hospital?

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

5. What happened to most of the trees in Kabul, which used to be plentiful?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what does Amir feel is coming between him and Soraya in their marriage?

2. Why do Farzana and Hassan nurse his mother back to health?

3. What does Rahim Kahn use to persuade Amir to go and find Sohrab in Chapter 17?

4. In Chapter 18, as Amir thinks about his childhood and Baba's attitude toward him, how does Amir feel?

5. Why does Rahim Kahn refuse Amir's offer to take him to America for newer and better treatments for his illness?

6. Explain why Amir comments in Chapter 19 that he feels like a tourist in the country in which he was a child?

7. With whom does Amir set up a meeting in Chapter 21?

8. What changes Hassan's mind about moving back to Kabul with Rahim Kahn?

9. Why does Amir believe Rahim Kahn knows his secret?

10. Describe the difference between the motivation for Amir leaving money under Hassan's mattress as a child and leaving it under Farid's family's mattress as an adult.

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