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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. Why has the man with the sunglasses pledged his alliance to the Taliban?
(a) Because he despises America.
(b) Because he was beaten in prison under the Sohwari.
(c) Because he is a Hazara.
(d) Because he is a bully and enjoys inflicting pain.

2. What happens to Hassan's first child?
(a) She is stillborn.
(b) She lives and becomes great friends with her grandmother.
(c) She is killed by the Taliban.
(d) The Taliban take her.

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

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

5. How is the man with the sunglasses beaten in the end?
(a) Amir punishes him with the brass knuckles.
(b) Sohrab punishes him using the brass knuckles.
(c) Amir hits him in the eye with a brass ball from his slingshot.
(d) Sohrab hits him in the eye with a brass ball from his slingshot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the respective majors of Soraya and Amir in college?

2. Who is Amir's guide on his journey back to Afghanistan in Chapter 19?

3. What is the first thing Hassan wants to know upon meeting with Rahim Kahn again?

4. What does Rahim Kahn want Amir to do in Chapter 17?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happened to the orphanage that Baba built?

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

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

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

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

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