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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Hassan live when Amir was a child?
(a) In Amir's estate.
(b) With Baba.
(c) In a mud hut at the back of the property.
(d) In San Francisco.

2. What protects Amir from Assef's taunts?
(a) Baba.
(b) A slingshot.
(c) The duck hunters.
(d) His paternity.

3. What does Amir seek out during the toughest parts of his life?
(a) His family.
(b) Religion.
(c) Hassan.
(d) Baba.

4. Where does Amir learn some of the true history of the Hazara people?
(a) Baba.
(b) Hassan.
(c) His teacher.
(d) An old history book.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 2, Amir has a what?
(a) Flashback to his childhood.
(b) Desire to fly a kite.
(c) Desire to return to Afghanistan.
(d) Reminder to call his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the benefit of winter to the children of Afghanistan?

2. Where does Amir live in Chapter 1?

3. What does Assef do to Hassan in the alley after the kite tournament?

4. Why do Hassan and Amir sit under a pomegranate tree in Chapter 4?

5. Which of the following is not a memory Amir has of Hassan by Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do you think Amir feels when Hassan defends him from Assef with the slingshot?

2. Explain why Amir may have difficulties accepting people who are not able to show success.

3. How do Hassan and Amir react after the shooting in Chapter 5?

4. Explain how theft is the only true sin to Baba.

5. Describe an example which would support the description of Baba as a gruff man.

6. Describe what leads the past being brought to the front of Amir's mind in Chapter 1.

7. When and where did Amir come of age?

8. How does Baba guess that Amir has romantic feelings for Soraya?

9. What does Hassan's face remind Amir of as the boys in the alley hold him down?

10. Discuss why you believe Amir enjoys taunting Hassan when they are young.

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