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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Baba's speech at Amir's engagement party not more impressive?
(a) The General stops him.
(b) He does not want to make a speech.
(c) He is not happy about the engagement.
(d) He is too ill and short of breath.

2. Whose phone call makes Amir agitated?
(a) The General's.
(b) Soraya's.
(c) Hassan's.
(d) Rahim Khan's.

3. Where does the director tell Amir he might find Sohrab?
(a) A slingshot tournament.
(b) A soccer match.
(c) A kite tournament.
(d) A field hockey match.

4. 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 Amir.
(d) Information about the orphanage.

5. Who left town while Amir was in the hospital?
(a) Assef.
(b) Ali.
(c) Rahim Khan.
(d) Sohrab.

6. Who is the man with the sunglasses?
(a) Hassan.
(b) Assef.
(c) Ali.
(d) Sohrab.

7. What must Amir do to get Sohrab in Chapter 22?
(a) Fight Sohrab to the death.
(b) Compete against Assef in a kite tournament.
(c) Pay Assef great sums of money.
(d) Fight Assef to the death.

8. Who appears at Hassan's door, bloody and broken and in need of care?
(a) Amir.
(b) Sanaubar.
(c) Sohrab.
(d) Rahim Kahn.

9. What is the name of Hassan's wife?
(a) Farzana.
(b) Unknown.
(c) Sohrab.
(d) Sanaubar.

10. Why are officials patrolling the stadium during the soccer match?
(a) To stone anyone who cheers to loudly.
(b) To whip anyone rooting for the wrong team.
(c) To whip anyone who cheers to loudly.
(d) To ensure there is not a riot.

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

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

13. What did Hassan's wife do that lead to a beating by Taliban officials?
(a) Walking down the street alone in public.
(b) Singing too loudly in public.
(c) Showing her face in public.
(d) Speaking too loudly in public.

14. What is Sohrab amazed to see in Chapter 24?
(a) A nice hotel.
(b) The American Embassy.
(c) Cartoons.
(d) A mosque.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Farid warn Amir not to do after he meets his first Taliban officers?

2. Where is Sohrab in Chapter 17?

3. In Chapter 14, where does Amir plan to travel to see Rahim Khan?

4. Why does Farid assume Amir has come to Afghanistan in Chapter 19?

5. What does Rahim Kahn give to Amir in Chapter 17 from Hassan?

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