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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the plastic surgeon fix Hassan's cleft palate?
(a) After Assef threatens him.
(b) Before the shooting.
(c) After his 12th birthday.
(d) When he is hurt by the hunters.

2. 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) Personification.
(b) Irony.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

3. In which year does this novel begin?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2000.

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

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

6. How did Baba's father die?
(a) A home invasion gone wrong.
(b) A war.
(c) A bear fight.
(d) Religious persecution.

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

8. Who gives Amir an illustrated copy of the legends Amir reads to Hassan?
(a) Assef.
(b) Baba.
(c) Rahimy.
(d) Ali.

9. How do Baba and Amir earn extra money on the weekends while living in America?
(a) Writing stories of their homeland.
(b) Buying items at the San Jose Flea Market.
(c) Translating for people shopping at the market.
(d) Reselling yard sale items at the San Jose Flea Market.

10. 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.

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

12. Baba was close to who during his childhood?
(a) Amir.
(b) Rahim Kahn.
(c) Ali.
(d) Hassan.

13. Which of the following is the only thing Baba considers a sin?
(a) Theft.
(b) Murder.
(c) Adultery.
(d) Lying.

14. Which season is beginning in Chapter 6?
(a) Fall.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

15. What does Amir make Hassan vow in Chapter 6?
(a) To eat dirt.
(b) To move into Baba's home.
(c) To help him win the tournament.
(d) Loyalty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Baba never miss?

2. Why is Amir nervous in Chapter 7?

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

4. To Amir, the week represents _______ and Soraya represents __________.

5. Why does Amir believe that the bear wrestling story was true?

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