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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. Who is Amir's guide on his journey back to Afghanistan in Chapter 19?
(a) Rahim Khad.
(b) Ali.
(c) Sohrab.
(d) Farid.

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

3. 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) Stoning the couple during the soccer match.
(d) The Hazara Massacre in 1998.

4. Who is Hassan's father?
(a) Rahim Khan.
(b) Amir.
(c) Ali.
(d) Baba.

5. Why are officials patrolling the stadium during the soccer match?
(a) To ensure there is not a riot.
(b) To stone anyone who cheers to loudly.
(c) To whip anyone who cheers to loudly.
(d) To whip anyone rooting for the wrong team.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Farid and Amir see on their way to the soccer match in Chapter 21?

2. What does Farid leave under a mattress in Farid's home?

3. Who appears at Hassan's door, bloody and broken and in need of care?

4. When Amir goes for a walk in Chapter 14, what does he see that makes him remember his childhood?

5. What happened to Hassan and his wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Amir so taken with listening to the stories about his mother that the beggar shared in Chapter 20?

2. Explain why Farid grabs the orphanage director in Chapter 20.

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

4. With whom does Amir set up a meeting in Chapter 21?

5. What is the major theme of Chapter 18?

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

7. How does Sohrab react to the idea of being put back in an orphanage temporarily?

8. In Chapter 18, as Amir thinks about his childhood and Baba's attitude toward him, how does Amir feel?

9. Why does Rahim Kahn refuse Amir's offer to take him to America for newer and better treatments for his illness?

10. 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.

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