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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hassan do during the kite tournament?
(a) Runs down kites.
(b) Competes in the tournament.
(c) Goes to school.
(d) Eats dirt.

2. How many kites are in the tournament?
(a) 75.
(b) 50.
(c) 25.
(d) 500.

3. Which of the following is a nickname for Baba?
(a) Rahim Kahn.
(b) Bear Wrestler.
(c) Mr. Success.
(d) Mr. Hurricane.

4. What major does Amir choose in college?
(a) History.
(b) Economics.
(c) English.
(d) Foreign Affairs.

5. Which of the following was Baba's father's job?
(a) A nomad.
(b) A successful businessman.
(c) A director of an orphanage.
(d) A judge.

6. Which of the following does Amir use to taunt and tease Hassan?
(a) Meanings to large words.
(b) Being a servant.
(c) His illiteracy.
(d) His mother.

7. Which of the following does Baba never miss?
(a) Amir's birthday.
(b) Hassan's birthday.
(c) Ali's birthday.
(d) Both Hassan and Amir's birthdays.

8. Which of the following is not a difference between Amir and Hassan?
(a) Culture.
(b) Religion.
(c) Race.
(d) Class.

9. Before Baba passes away, what does Amir ask of him?
(a) To attend his wedding.
(b) To permit him to marry Soraya.
(c) To accept medical treatment.
(d) To pray to Mecca with him.

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

11. How long does it take Amir to work up the courage to discuss a book he saw Soraya reading with her?
(a) A day.
(b) A year.
(c) A week.
(d) A month.

12. What does Baba do for Amir's 13th birthday?
(a) Throws him a big party.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Invites over family for a small celebration.
(d) Has dinner with Assef and his family.

13. Why does Baba not read the story Amir wrote?
(a) He sees writing as a wimpy pastime.
(b) Amir does not show the story to Baba.
(c) He does not like the topic on which Amir wrote.
(d) He is illiterate.

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

15. When does Hassan stop smiling?
(a) When Ali dies.
(b) After Assef threatens him.
(c) When Baba hugs Amir.
(d) After his surgery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Seeing the kites flying in Chapter 1 leads Amir to think back to his childhood. This literary technique is known as a . . .

2. What color is the kite that places second in the tournament?

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

4. Why did Baba's father take home Ali?

5. What does Amir hide under Hassan's mattress?

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