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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What affinity does Sohrab have that helped Amir begin to track him down in Chapter 20?

2. In Chapter 18, Who does Amir believe committed a sin?

3. What is Sohrab amazed to see in Chapter 24?

4. How does Amir's wife react to hearing the entire truth about Amir's childhood?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why do Farzana and Hassan nurse his mother back to health?

6. Describe one example of irony in Chapter 22.

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

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

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

10. What is the major theme of Chapter 18?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Was Amir a good man? Support your position with specific examples from the text.

Remember to:

• Describe whether or not Amir was a good man

• Use supporting details from the text to support your opinion

Essay Topic 2

The Taliban, as described in this book, violated numerous human rights. Describe how basic human rights were violated using supporting details from the text. Identify, what in your opinion, should be basic human rights.

Remember to:

• Describe basic human rights that were violated by the Taliban

• Use supporting details from the text

• Identify what should be basic human rights

Essay Topic 3

Imagine you could interview one of the characters from this book. Which character would you interview and why? Then write ten questions you would ask that character and the answer you would expect them to give.

Remember to:

• Identify the character you would interview

• Describe why you would choose this character

• Write ten interview questions

• Write ten interview answers based on how the character would answer

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