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

2. What does Farid warn Amir not to do after he meets his first Taliban officers?
(a) Not to speak.
(b) Not to give money to the beggars.
(c) Not to stare.
(d) Not to remove his beard.

3. How long after Amir and Baba left Afghanistan does Rahim Kahn find Hassan?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 20 years.

4. Who/what divided Kabul into sections?
(a) Rahim Kahn.
(b) Former government.
(c) Militant factions.
(d) Russians.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Hassan and his wife?

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

3. Why is Baba's speech at Amir's engagement party not more impressive?

4. Who is the man with the sunglasses?

5. In what disguise does Amir travel to Afghanistan in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe one example of irony in Chapter 22.

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

7. Amir goes to Kabul to save Sohrab; however, is this what actually happens?

8. What does the note Rahim Khan leaves for Amir in Chapter 23 ask?

9. What do kites symbolize to Amir, as seen in Chapter 14?

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

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