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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. What does Hassan often do with his son before it was outlawed?
(a) Telling of ancient legends.
(b) Shopping at the market.
(c) Kite tournaments.
(d) Reading under the tree.

2. What happened to most of the trees in Kabul, which used to be plentiful?
(a) They were bombed and destroyed.
(b) The poor cut them down to build orphanages.
(c) The Taliban destroyed them.
(d) The poor burned them for firewood.

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

4. What is the content of the sexy pictures being sold outside of the soccer stadium?
(a) A fully dressed couple in an intimate embrace.
(b) A naked couple in an intimate embrace.
(c) A traditional muslim couple standing beside each other.
(d) A partially undressed couple in an intimate embrace.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Amir going to visit Rahim Khan in Chapter 14?

2. What does Amir eat as he waits for the man with sunglasses in Chapter 22?

3. Who lived with Rahim Kahn for 10 years?

4. How long have Soraya and Amir been married in Chapter 14?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes Hassan's mind about moving back to Kabul with Rahim Kahn?

2. Why does Sohrab not have to go back to the orphanage in Chapter 24?

3. In Chapter 13, what does Amir feel is coming between him and Soraya in their marriage?

4. What does Rahim Kahn use to persuade Amir to go and find Sohrab in Chapter 17?

5. In Chapter 17, what does Amir deduce is his relationship with Hassan?

6. Explain why Amir comments in Chapter 19 that he feels like a tourist in the country in which he was a child?

7. What happened to the American couple who was to adopt Sohrab?

8. Describe the difference between the motivation for Amir leaving money under Hassan's mattress as a child and leaving it under Farid's family's mattress as an adult.

9. Why does Amir believe Rahim Kahn knows his secret?

10. What skill does Soraya's mother have that she has been forbidden to share in public?

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