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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age did Amir indicate he came of age?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 11.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 2, Amir has a what?
(a) Desire to return to Afghanistan.
(b) Desire to fly a kite.
(c) Flashback to his childhood.
(d) Reminder to call his father.

3. Who narrates this story?
(a) Baba.
(b) Amir.
(c) Rahim Kahn.
(d) Hassan.

4. For what does Amir hope to gain pardon by winning the kite tournament?
(a) His father's thinking of him as weak.
(b) His mother's death.
(c) Making Hassan eat dirt.
(d) Visiting the mud hut where Hassan lives.

5. Which of the following is the reason Amir and Hassan leave to go read under their tree?
(a) Ali tells them to go away.
(b) They are afraid of Assef.
(c) They are scared because of the attack.
(d) The newscasts do not make sense to them.

6. Which of the following best describes the unusual kinship between Amir and Hassan?
(a) Immoral women.
(b) Nursed from the same woman.
(c) Servant to master.
(d) Harelips.

7. In what year did Amir come of age?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1975.

8. Where does Amir learn some of the true history of the Hazara people?
(a) An old history book.
(b) Hassan.
(c) His teacher.
(d) Baba.

9. Who offers support for future writing to Amir?
(a) Hassan.
(b) Baba.
(c) Rahim Kahn.
(d) No one.

10. Which of the following is not a memory Amir has of Hassan by Chapter 4?
(a) Sitting under a pomegranate tree.
(b) Visiting nomads.
(c) Fighting a bear.
(d) Going to the cinema.

11. What happens to the popular singer who sang at Amir's party?
(a) He is shot by government officials.
(b) No one knows.
(c) He flees Afghanistan.
(d) He continues to be a popular singer.

12. What does Assef taunt Hassan about in Chapter 5?
(a) His cleft palate.
(b) His ethnicity.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

13. Why do Hassan and Amir sit under a pomegranate tree in Chapter 4?
(a) To share tales of their adventures.
(b) So that Amir can read legends to Hassan.
(c) So that Hassan can learn to read.
(d) To act out movies they had seen at the cinema.

14. Where does Amir live in Chapter 1?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) Afghanistan.

15. What does Assef do before he leaves in Chapter 5?
(a) Throws a rock at Amir.
(b) Hits Amir.
(c) Threatens to hurt Hassan later.
(d) Uses a slingshot to hit Hassan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Amir live when he came of age?

2. When does Amir make up his first story?

3. What is the benefit of winter to the children of Afghanistan?

4. Who protects Amir with his slingshot?

5. What protects Amir from Assef's taunts?

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