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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Soraya call to help with the adoption process?
(a) Her uncle, who works for the INS.
(b) Her brother, who is a lawyer.
(c) Her uncle, a lawyer.
(d) Her brother, who works for the INS.

2. Why does Amir not complain about paying a large sum of money to stay in the dirty hotel room with bloodstains on the wall?
(a) Because he is afraid to complain due to the Taliban.
(b) Because he does not want anyone to be suspicious.
(c) Because he knows the owner's family needs the money.
(d) Because he is resigned to the fact that Kabul is much different now.

3. Why does Rahim Khan want Amir to wait a little longer before beginning his journey in Chapter 19?
(a) To have more time to prepare.
(b) To find an appropriate disguise.
(c) To get word to Sohrab.
(d) To be able to sneak across with alerting the Taliban.

4. What happened to Hassan and his wife?
(a) They were shot by the Taliban.
(b) They fled to Pakistan.
(c) They were drug from their home and beaten.
(d) They are in an orphanage.

5. When does Baba die?
(a) At Amir and Soraya's wedding.
(b) When Amir and Soraya start college.
(c) About a month before Amir and Soraya's wedding.
(d) About a month after Amir and Soraya's wedding.

6. How does Amir's wife react to hearing the entire truth about Amir's childhood?
(a) Upset.
(b) Lovingly.
(c) Happily.
(d) Angrily.

7. What happens to the adulterous couple paraded into the arena during half-time at the soccer match?
(a) Their pictures are taken and sold as pornography.
(b) They are whipped to death.
(c) They are stoned to death.
(d) They are hung.

8. Why does the man at the American Embassy seem depressed and encourage Amir to give up?
(a) The process is too complicated.
(b) His daughter committed suicide recently.
(c) Sohrab is too old to be adopted.
(d) He does not believe in adoption.

9. What does Rahim Kahn want Amir to do in Chapter 17?
(a) Take over the orphanage.
(b) Get Sohrab from Afghanistan.
(c) Visit Sohrab in Afghanistan.
(d) Move back into Baba's house and care for Sohrab.

10. Where is Sohrab in Chapter 17?
(a) In Pakistan.
(b) In an orphanage.
(c) In Baba's orphanage.
(d) Dead.

11. What does Amir dream of at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) The kite competition.
(b) Baba.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Hassan.

12. Why is the long engagement period forgone for Amir and Soraya?
(a) Due to Soraya's past indiscretions.
(b) Due to financial matters.
(c) Due to Baba's illness.
(d) Due to college starting.

13. How long have Soraya and Amir been married in Chapter 14?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 10 years.

14. What is the first thing Hassan wants to know upon meeting with Rahim Kahn again?
(a) Information about Baba.
(b) Information about Kabul.
(c) Information about the orphanage.
(d) Information about Amir.

15. Why does Farid assume Amir has come to Afghanistan in Chapter 19?
(a) To rebuild the orphanage.
(b) To sell family property and take the money back with him to America.
(c) To rebuild his life.
(d) To save Sohrab from the orphanage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Amir go after leaving Rahim Khan to think about his choices in Chapter 18?

2. Where do Farid, Amir and Sohrab travel?

3. Who throws the engagement party for Amir and Soraya?

4. How long after Amir and Baba left Afghanistan does Rahim Kahn find Hassan?

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

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