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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Sanaubar leave?
(a) Because Hassan was deformed.
(b) She was very religious.
(c) She was immoral.
(d) She died in childbirth.

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

3. What does Amir do when he sees Hassan in the alley after the kite tournament?
(a) Helps him save the blue kite.
(b) Takes Hassan home to the mud hut.
(c) Runs home.
(d) Makes Assef leave.

4. What happens when Amir and Hassan go to the tree after school resumes following the kite tournament?
(a) They discuss what happened in the alley.
(b) They read a favorite story.
(c) Hassan and Amir get into a fight.
(d) Amir pelts Hassan with pomegranates.

5. Unusual for Baba, he demonstrates an open-minded opinion of which of the following in Chapter 11?
(a) Using credit to pay for goods.
(b) President Carter.
(c) Israel.
(d) Haggling for goods at the flea market.

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

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

8. Why is Amir glad for the attack in Chapter 5?
(a) He and Hassan escape the violence.
(b) The violence is over.
(c) He receives a hug from Ali.
(d) He receives a hug from Baba.

9. Who is invading Afghanistan in Chapter 10?
(a) United Nations.
(b) Russia.
(c) United States.
(d) Pakistan.

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

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

12. Seeing the kites flying in Chapter 1 leads Amir to think back to his childhood. This literary technique is known as a . . .
(a) Third Person.
(b) First Person.
(c) Autobiography.
(d) Flashback.

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

14. Who built the orphanage in Chapter 2?
(a) Amir.
(b) Rahim Kahn.
(c) Hassan.
(d) Baba.

15. Why did Baba's father take home Ali?
(a) He bought him to serve as his servant.
(b) His parents were killed.
(c) He was friends to Ali's father.
(d) They were of the same ethnicity and it was mandatory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rahim Kahn want Amir to go in Chapter 1?

2. What does Assef do to Hassan in the alley after the kite tournament?

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

4. What happens to the story Amir gives to Soraya to read?

5. Baba feels proud of Amir for winning the kite tournament; how does this make Amir feel?

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