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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the respective majors of Soraya and Amir in college?
(a) Education & English.
(b) English & Economics.
(c) History & Education.
(d) English & Math.

2. Whose phone call makes Amir agitated?
(a) The General's.
(b) Soraya's.
(c) Hassan's.
(d) Rahim Khan's.

3. When Amir first asks Sohrab to come with him to America, how does Sohrab respond?
(a) He does not respond.
(b) He asks to think about it for a day or two.
(c) He jumpes for joy.
(d) He refuses to leave.

4. Why does Amir give Farid's son his watch?
(a) He wants the family to like him.
(b) He feels guilty about leaving his watch under Hassan's mattress.
(c) He sees them as a needy family.
(d) He is noble and gifts of watches show nobility.

5. Why does Farid assume Amir has come to Afghanistan in Chapter 19?
(a) To sell family property and take the money back with him to America.
(b) To rebuild the orphanage.
(c) To save Sohrab from the orphanage.
(d) To rebuild his life.

6. What is the content of the sexy pictures being sold outside of the soccer stadium?
(a) A naked couple in an intimate embrace.
(b) A fully dressed couple in an intimate embrace.
(c) A partially undressed couple in an intimate embrace.
(d) A traditional muslim couple standing beside each other.

7. Who left town while Amir was in the hospital?
(a) Assef.
(b) Sohrab.
(c) Rahim Khan.
(d) Ali.

8. What happened to the pomegranate tree?
(a) It was full of life in a barren area still bearing fruit.
(b) It was cut down and used for wood.
(c) It died.
(d) It was Taliban headquarters.

9. What does Rahim Kahn give to Amir in Chapter 17 from Hassan?
(a) A letter.
(b) Money.
(c) Bicycle.
(d) A watch.

10. Why is Baba's speech at Amir's engagement party not more impressive?
(a) He is too ill and short of breath.
(b) He does not want to make a speech.
(c) He is not happy about the engagement.
(d) The General stops him.

11. Where does Amir go after leaving Rahim Khan to think about his choices in Chapter 18?
(a) Kabul.
(b) Baba's old house.
(c) Home.
(d) A coffee shop.

12. In Chapter 14, where does Amir plan to travel to see Rahim Khan?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Russia.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) Afghanistan.

13. Who does Soraya call to help with the adoption process?
(a) Her brother, who is a lawyer.
(b) Her uncle, who works for the INS.
(c) Her brother, who works for the INS.
(d) Her uncle, a lawyer.

14. How is the man with the sunglasses beaten in the end?
(a) Sohrab hits him in the eye with a brass ball from his slingshot.
(b) Amir hits him in the eye with a brass ball from his slingshot.
(c) Sohrab punishes him using the brass knuckles.
(d) Amir punishes him with the brass knuckles.

15. During his recovery in Chapter 23, what does Amir dream?
(a) Assef's attack on Hassan.
(b) His life in America.
(c) Baba fighting a bear.
(d) The fight with Assef.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the man at the American Embassy seem depressed and encourage Amir to give up?

2. Who is the beggar that Amir gives some money in Chapter 20?

3. What is the first thing Hassan wants to know upon meeting with Rahim Kahn again?

4. What does Farid warn Amir not to do after he meets his first Taliban officers?

5. Where does Amir finally admit his relationship with Sohrab?

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