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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Hassan and his wife?
(a) They were shot by the Taliban.
(b) They were drug from their home and beaten.
(c) They fled to Pakistan.
(d) They are in an orphanage.

2. Why is the long engagement period forgone for Amir and Soraya?
(a) Due to college starting.
(b) Due to financial matters.
(c) Due to Soraya's past indiscretions.
(d) Due to Baba's illness.

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

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

5. In what disguise does Amir travel to Afghanistan in Chapter 19?
(a) An American business man.
(b) Traditional Muslim dress.
(c) A fake beard alone.
(d) He wears no disguise.

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

7. How long have Soraya and Amir been married in Chapter 14?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 15 years.

8. Where does Amir offer to take Rahim Kahn in Chapter 15?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Kabul.
(c) America.
(d) Pakistan.

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

10. Why is Amir going to visit Rahim Khan in Chapter 14?
(a) Because he requested it.
(b) Because Amir is ill.
(c) Because he wants to see Pakistan again.
(d) Because Rahim Khan is ill.

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

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

13. Why does the man at the American Embassy seem depressed and encourage Amir to give up?
(a) His daughter committed suicide recently.
(b) The process is too complicated.
(c) Sohrab is too old to be adopted.
(d) He does not believe in adoption.

14. In Chapter 18, Who does Amir believe committed a sin?
(a) Himself.
(b) Hassan.
(c) Rahim Khan.
(d) Baba.

15. For what does Amir feel responsible?
(a) The destruction of the orphanage.
(b) Rahim Khan's illness.
(c) Baba's death.
(d) Hassan's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Amir not complain about paying a large sum of money to stay in the dirty hotel room with bloodstains on the wall?

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

3. What does Amir find he has in common with Sohrab?

4. What did Hassan's wife do that lead to a beating by Taliban officials?

5. Where does Amir go after leaving Rahim Khan to think about his choices in Chapter 18?

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