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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Whose phone call makes Amir agitated?
(a) The General's.
(b) Rahim Khan's.
(c) Soraya's.
(d) Hassan's.
2. What happened to most of the trees in Kabul, which used to be plentiful?
(a) The poor cut them down to build orphanages.
(b) The poor burned them for firewood.
(c) They were bombed and destroyed.
(d) The Taliban destroyed them.
3. Of what does the man with the sunglasses brag?
(a) His wealth and prestige.
(b) The Hazara Massacre in 1998.
(c) Hanging men in public and leaving their bodies on display.
(d) Stoning the couple during the soccer match.
4. Who/what divided Kabul into sections?
(a) Militant factions.
(b) Russians.
(c) Rahim Kahn.
(d) Former government.
5. Who does Soraya call to help with the adoption process?
(a) Her uncle, a lawyer.
(b) Her brother, who is a lawyer.
(c) Her uncle, who works for the INS.
(d) Her brother, who works for the INS.
6. What happens to Hassan's first child?
(a) The Taliban take her.
(b) She is killed by the Taliban.
(c) She is stillborn.
(d) She lives and becomes great friends with her grandmother.
7. How long have Soraya and Amir been married in Chapter 14?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 5 years.
8. Why does Amir give Farid's son his watch?
(a) He sees them as a needy family.
(b) He feels guilty about leaving his watch under Hassan's mattress.
(c) He wants the family to like him.
(d) He is noble and gifts of watches show nobility.
9. What affinity does Sohrab have that helped Amir begin to track him down in Chapter 20?
(a) Writing.
(b) Kites.
(c) Guns.
(d) Slingshots.
10. Why does Rahim Khan want Amir to wait a little longer before beginning his journey in Chapter 19?
(a) To be able to sneak across with alerting the Taliban.
(b) To have more time to prepare.
(c) To find an appropriate disguise.
(d) To get word to Sohrab.
11. What does Amir eat as he waits for the man with sunglasses in Chapter 22?
(a) Pomegranates.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Rice.
(d) Grapes.
12. Where does Amir finally admit his relationship with Sohrab?
(a) In the hospital.
(b) In the hotel.
(c) On a picnic.
(d) At the mosque.
13. Why is Amir going to visit Rahim Khan in Chapter 14?
(a) Because Amir is ill.
(b) Because Rahim Khan is ill.
(c) Because he wants to see Pakistan again.
(d) Because he requested it.
14. How long after Amir and Baba left Afghanistan does Rahim Kahn find Hassan?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 10 years.
15. Who is the beggar that Amir gives some money in Chapter 20?
(a) A university professor who worked with Amir's mother.
(b) A university professor who worked with Hassan's mother.
(c) A teacher who Amir had had as a child.
(d) A teacher who was friends with Baba.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Farid assume Amir has come to Afghanistan in Chapter 19?
2. Who lived with Rahim Kahn for 10 years?
3. What style of literary expression does Amir often use to describe his reunion with Rahim Khan?
4. Why does the man at the American Embassy seem depressed and encourage Amir to give up?
5. What is Sohrab amazed to see in Chapter 24?
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