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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Of what does the man with the sunglasses brag?
(a) Hanging men in public and leaving their bodies on display.
(b) His wealth and prestige.
(c) The Hazara Massacre in 1998.
(d) Stoning the couple during the soccer match.

5. At first, the people of Afghanistan viewed the Taliban as what?
(a) The worst rulers.
(b) Enemies.
(c) Divisionists.
(d) Liberators.

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. 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) A couple in America.
(d) Amir and his wife.

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

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

13. What does the cut on his lip remind Amir of?
(a) His father, Baba's scars.
(b) Assef and the fight.
(c) Hassan's cleft palate.
(d) His mother's death.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Amir offer to take Rahim Kahn in Chapter 15?

2. Who is the man with the sunglasses?

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

4. For what does Amir feel responsible?

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

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