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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Baba react after Hassan's confession is made in Chapter 9?
(a) He asks Ali and Hassan to leave.
(b) He forgives Hassan.
(c) He forgives Ali.
(d) He punishes Amir.

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

3. Which of the following can be used to describe how Amir is happy for the attack because it lead his father to give him a hug?
(a) Irony.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Personification.

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

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

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

7. Who misses Afghanistan the most in Chapter 11?
(a) Amir.
(b) Baba.
(c) General Taheri.
(d) Soraya.

8. What protects Amir from Assef's taunts?
(a) His paternity.
(b) Baba.
(c) The duck hunters.
(d) A slingshot.

9. What illness does Baba have in Chapter 12?
(a) Lung cancer.
(b) Brain tumor.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Asthma.

10. Which of the following pieces of information was not found in Chapter 4?
(a) How old Amir was.
(b) The year Ali's parents were killed.
(c) The year Baba was born.
(d) What happened to Ali's parents.

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

12. Hassan's deformity gives the impression that he is doing what?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Unlovable.
(c) Being sneaky.
(d) Always smiling.

13. What does Amir seek out during the toughest parts of his life?
(a) Hassan.
(b) His family.
(c) Religion.
(d) Baba.

14. What is the benefit of winter to the children of Afghanistan?
(a) The beginning of the school year.
(b) The end of the conflict.
(c) A three month break from school.
(d) Religious holidays begin.

15. Who, was it rumored, wrestled a bear in his youth?
(a) Hassan.
(b) Amir.
(c) Ali.
(d) Baba.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is invading Afghanistan in Chapter 10?

2. Due to which of the following can Amir's inability to tolerate mediocrity be contributed?

3. How did Rahim Kahn know Amir?

4. Which of the following does Amir not wish from his father in Chapter 3?

5. What happens when Amir and Hassan go to the tree after school resumes following the kite tournament?

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