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- 1. Multiple Choice
How did Ali come into Baba’s family?
Ali’s parents were killed and Baba’s father, who judged the murder trial, took him in
He was born to the Hazara servant of Baba’s father
He killed a sheep belonging to Baba’s family and was forced to become their servant as punishment
Baba and Ali had the same father
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is it that worries Baba about Amir?
He isn’t certain who Amir’s mother was
A boy who can’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything
Boys at school bully Amir
Amir could disappoint him by losing the kite-fighting tournament
- 3. Multiple Choice
How is Hassan’s cleft lip fixed?
Amir uses his birthday money to pay for the surgery
Baba pays for the surgery as a birthday gift to Hassan
Hassan steals Amir’s birthday money and uses it for the surgery
Ali steals Amir’s birthday money to pay for the surgery
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why does Amir think Baba doesn’t love him fully?
Baba holds him responsible for the death of his wife (Amir’s mother), who died giving birth to Amir
Because Amir never did well in the kite-fighting tournament
Baba questions whether Amir is his biological son
Baba prefers to fly kites with Hassan
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why doesn’t Amir stop Hassan’s rape?
He believes Hassan, who is a Hazara, deserves to learn a lesson
He thinks Hassan wouldn’t have helped him if the roles were reversed
He and Hassan make eye-contact and Hassan silently tells Amir to run
He is afraid and also wants the blue kite, which he can only get by not interfering
- 6. Multiple Choice
What does Amir put under Hassan’s mattress to frame him?
His favorite book and the watch Baba gave him
The kite Baba bought him that he used to win the kite-fighting tournament
Money he received for his birthday and the watch Baba gave him
A ski mask, a length of rope, and a handful of gold coins
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why do Baba and Amir leave Kabul?
One of Baba’s old enemies has found Baba and wants to take revenge
The new president created a totalitarian dictatorship when he took power
The Taliban threaten to kill Baba
The invasion by the Russians has turned the country into a dangerous war zone
- 8. Multiple Choice
When Baba and Amir flee Kabul, what does Baba say to the Russian guard who tries to rape the woman in the truck with them?
He tells the guard that rape is a sin against God
He calls the guard a coward who couldn’t get a woman without a gun
He says decency is even more important in times of war
He threatens to kill the guard if the guard touches the woman
- 9. Multiple Choice
What does Amir decide to study in college?
English
Farsi literature
Medicine
Law
- 10. Multiple Choice
Where does Amir meet Soraya?
The local mosque
A gathering of Afghans in the park
At school
The flea market
- 11. Multiple Choice
When Baba is diagnosed with lung cancer and Amir says he doesn’t know what to do without him, what does Baba tell Amir?
Amir needs to quit crying and accept that he will be alone soon
That he has been trying to teach Amir how to live without him for Amir’s whole life
Amir needs to have faith that God will provide for him
That Amir should find Hassan to make up for the ways he wronged him
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which accurately describes the traditional Afghan way of proposing marriage, which we see in the novel?
The man proposes to the woman in front of her family
The man asks for consent from the woman’s father
The man’s father asks consent from the woman’s father
The man tells the woman’s mother his intentions, then proposes to the woman
- 13. Multiple Choice
What do Amir and Soraya want to do but are not able to?
Move back to Kabul
Buy a house
Leave Afghanistan behind and live as Americans
Have a baby
- 14. Multiple Choice
What does Rahim Khan say to Amir to convince Amir to go to Pakistan?
There is a way to be good again
The past is gone and buried
Hassan wants to see you
I have money that is yours
- 15. Multiple Choice
Who is Hassan’s real father?
Rahim Khan
Ali
Baba
General Taheri
- 16. Multiple Choice
Why does Rahim Khan want Amir to go to Kabul?
So he can check on Baba’s house, which has been claimed by the Taliban
So he can confront Assef about his rape of Hassan
So he can get Sohrab and bring him back to Pakistan
So he can find Hassan
- 17. Multiple Choice
Why does Farid initially dislike Amir?
Amir was condescending towards him
Rahim Khan told Farid what Amir had done to Hassan
Amir is Sunni, while Farid is Shia
Farid thought Amir was returning to Kabul to sell property
- 18. Multiple Choice
What do Farid and Amir see during the half-time show of the soccer game in Kabul?
A man and a woman stoned to death
A thief who has his hand cut off
A display of horse-riding by members of the Taliban
A wedding ceremony
- 19. Multiple Choice
Why does Amir laugh when Assef beats him?
He has gone crazy
He has been drugged
He feels relief from his guilt
He feels Assef can’t hurt him
- 20. Multiple Choice
Why is it significant that Sohrab shoots out Assef’s eye with his slingshot?
Amir and Hassan used to hunt birds with a slingshot as children
Hassan once saved Amir from Assef with a slingshot
Assef used to threaten Amir and Hassan with a slingshot
Amir taught Hassan how to shoot a slingshot when they were children
- 21. Multiple Choice
Why does Amir have difficulty adopting Sohrab?
Amir is no longer a citizen of Afghanistan
Amir has no papers proving Sohrab’s parents are dead
Amir refuses to pay the bribe demanded by the adoption officials
Amir is considered a traitor for having fled Afghanistan
- 22. Multiple Choice
What will Sohrab no longer do after he attempts suicide?
Speak
Use his slingshot
Fly his kite
Pray
- 23. Multiple Choice
What metaphor does Amir use to explain the importance of Sohrab smiling?
The longest journeys begin with a single step
When spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a time
The storm is most dangerous just before it clears
Every wound has its purpose
- 24. Multiple Choice
The scene in the soccer stadium demonstrates ALL of the following EXCEPT:
The brutality of religious fanaticism
The somewhat predictable result of Assef's earlier actions and characterization
The strict rules under the Soviets' regime in Afghanistan
The fear felt by citizens in Afghanistan during the early part of the 21st century
The consequences of a criminal act under a theocracy
- 25. Multiple Choice
The scene in the soccer stadium demonstrates ALL of the following EXCEPT:
The brutality of religious fanaticism
The somewhat predictable result of Assef's earlier actions and characterization
The strict rules under the Soviets' regime in Afghanistan
The fear felt by citizens in Afghanistan during the early part of the 21st century
The consequences of a criminal act under a theocracy
- 26. Multiple Choice
Which of the following would best be described as the TURNING POINT for Amir as a DYNAMIC character?
Hassan's execution
Amir's fight with Assef
Sohrab's suicide attempt
Amir's return to America
Hiding money under a mattress in Farid's house.
- 27. Multiple Choice
All of the following could be considered examples of Amir's "redemption" by the end of the novel EXCEPT:
Amir's fight with Assef
Amir's chastisement of General Taheri
Amir and Soraya's adoption of Sohrab
Amir's commitment to rebuild the orphanage
Leaving money for Wahid's children
- 28. Multiple Choice
All of the following lines from early in the book could be considered "foreshadowing" EXCEPT:
"For you a thousand times over."
"I never forget a face."
"Someday I'll make you face me on on one."
"They will call you one-eyed Assef."
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhat have happened to Ali?He was killed by a land mineHe was kidnapped and never showed up againHe died of a heart attackHe was imprisoned by the Taliban
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhat question did Amir ask Baba to get him so mad?"Do you miss mother?"" Would you like to read the story I wrote?""Would you ever get new servants?"" Are we still going to Jalalabad?"
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWho is Farzana?Hassan's wifeHassan's sisterAmir's friendA maid
- 32. Multiple Choice
Which of the following motifs/concepts/themes supports this quotation: "Not a word passes, not because we have nothing to say, but because we don't have to say anything - that's how it is between people who are each other's first memories..."?
Bullying
Man's inhumanity to man
Resilience of the human spirit
Brotherhood, kinship, & friendship
- 33. Multiple Choice
Metaphorically, why can't Amir be a father and what does he need to do to be a man?
Amir can't be a father because he is insecure about Soraya's past; therefore, Amir needs to learn to forgive Soraya in order to be a good man
Amir can't be a father because he is sterile; he needs to address his male inadequacies
Amir can't be a father until he demonstrates moral courage and atones for his sins
Amir can't be a father until Hassan dies so he can become a foster father to Sohrab
- 34. Multiple Choice
Metaphorically, why can't Amir be a father and what does he need to do to be a man?
Amir can't be a father because he is insecure about Soraya's past; therefore, Amir needs to learn to forgive Soraya in order to be a good man
Amir can't be a father because he is sterile; he needs to address his male inadequacies
Amir can't be a father until he demonstrates moral courage and atones for his sins
Amir can't be a father until Hassan dies so he can become a foster father to Sohrab
- 35. Multiple Choice
Metaphorically, why can't Amir be a father and what does he need to do to be a man?
Amir can't be a father because he is insecure about Soraya's past; therefore, Amir needs to learn to forgive Soraya in order to be a good man
Amir can't be a father because he is sterile; he needs to address his male inadequacies
Amir can't be a father until he demonstrates moral courage and atones for his sins
Amir can't be a father until Hassan dies so he can become a foster father to Sohrab
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