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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How long after Amir and Baba left Afghanistan does Rahim Kahn find Hassan?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 5 years.

4. 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.

5. What does Amir dream of at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) The kite competition.
(b) Hassan.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Baba.

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

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

8. In Chapter 17, who does Rahim Kahn say will care for Sohrab?
(a) An American couple in Pakistan.
(b) A Pakistani couple in America.
(c) Amir and his wife.
(d) A couple in America.

9. What style of literary expression does Amir often use to describe his reunion with Rahim Khan?
(a) Personification.
(b) Cliches.
(c) Metaphors.
(d) Similes.

10. Who/what divided Kabul into sections?
(a) Former government.
(b) Russians.
(c) Rahim Kahn.
(d) Militant factions.

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

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

13. Why does Amir have a hard time believing the truth about his father?
(a) Because of Hassan's ethnicity.
(b) Because of his father's religious views.
(c) Because of Amir's childhood.
(d) Because of his father's view of dishonesty.

14. How does Amir's wife react to hearing the entire truth about Amir's childhood?
(a) Upset.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Happily.
(d) Lovingly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the adulterous couple paraded into the arena during half-time at the soccer match?

2. Where do Farid, Amir and Sohrab travel?

3. What happened to the pomegranate tree?

4. What does Hassan often do with his son before it was outlawed?

5. Who left town while Amir was in the hospital?

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