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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Amir find he has in common with Sohrab?
(a) A cleft palate.
(b) Writing stories.
(c) Singing.
(d) Playing cards.

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

3. Who lived with Rahim Kahn for 10 years?
(a) Hassan.
(b) Assef.
(c) Ali.
(d) Orphans.

4. Where is Sohrab in Chapter 17?
(a) In an orphanage.
(b) In Pakistan.
(c) Dead.
(d) In Baba's orphanage.

5. What does Amir eat as he waits for the man with sunglasses in Chapter 22?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Pomegranates.
(d) Rice.

6. What must Amir do to get Sohrab in Chapter 22?
(a) Fight Assef to the death.
(b) Fight Sohrab to the death.
(c) Pay Assef great sums of money.
(d) Compete against Assef in a kite tournament.

7. What is the name of Hassan's wife?
(a) Farzana.
(b) Sanaubar.
(c) Unknown.
(d) Sohrab.

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

9. What does Farid leave under a mattress in Farid's home?
(a) His watch.
(b) A novel he wrote.
(c) Some food.
(d) Some money.

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

11. What does Farid warn Amir not to do after he meets his first Taliban officers?
(a) Not to remove his beard.
(b) Not to speak.
(c) Not to give money to the beggars.
(d) Not to stare.

12. What does Rahim Kahn want Amir to do in Chapter 17?
(a) Visit Sohrab in Afghanistan.
(b) Move back into Baba's house and care for Sohrab.
(c) Get Sohrab from Afghanistan.
(d) Take over the orphanage.

13. Who is Amir's guide on his journey back to Afghanistan in Chapter 19?
(a) Rahim Khad.
(b) Farid.
(c) Sohrab.
(d) Ali.

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

15. Who is the beggar that Amir gives some money in Chapter 20?
(a) A university professor who worked with Hassan's mother.
(b) A university professor who worked with Amir's mother.
(c) A teacher who was friends with Baba.
(d) A teacher who Amir had had as a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 17, who does Rahim Kahn say will care for Sohrab?

2. What happened to Hassan and his wife?

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

4. In what disguise does Amir travel to Afghanistan in Chapter 19?

5. How long after Amir and Baba left Afghanistan does Rahim Kahn find Hassan?

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