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The Kite Runner Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions about Khaled Hosseini's novel, The Kite Runner?
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Last updated: September 14, 2023
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1. Amir was born and raised primarily in this city
Kandahar
Jalalabad
Kabul
Peshawar
2. It turns out that Amir is actually this relation to Hassan
Full-Brother
Half-Brother
Cousin
Uncle
3. What ultimately leads to Baba's death?
Cancer as a result of habitual smoking
Liver failure due to alcholism
Beaten to death while intervening in a robbery
Shot for standing up to a Taliban soldier
4. What does Amir witness as a child that torments him well into adulthood?
Soldiers killing an innocent family in an execution
The massacre of Hazara's in the 1990s
Hassan being raped by bullies
The suicide of his mother
5. True or False? The events in Afghanistan made Amir so disgusted in his country that when he got to America, he did whatever he could to shed his culture and leave it behind, going as far as taking an American wife and denouncing Islam
True
False
6. Why does Amir, as an adult, end up going back to Afghanistan?
To rescue Hassan's orphaned child, Sohrab
To sell his father's estate as it is worth a large sum
Religious pilgrimage back to his homeland
He is extradited by the US as a prisoner of war
7. What American city did Amir and Baba move to as a result of their flight from Afghanistan?
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Sacramento
Fresno
8. What career path did Amir choose while in America?
Psychiatrist
Lawyer
Electrician
Writer
9. What type of tree could be found at the top of the hill that Amir and Hassan would frequent as kids to read and play?
Pomegranate
Cherry
Fig
Walnut
10. Why was Sohrab rushed to the hospital towards the end of the book?
Severe dehydration
Attempted suicide
Injuries acquired due to a nearby bombing
Attacked by a rabid dog
11. What present did Assef present to Amir for his 13th birthday?
A slingshot
A nude magazine
A copy of Mein Kampf
A knuckle sandwich
12. What talent did Hassan have that he was able to effortlessly do better than anyone?
Skip rocks
Soccer playing
Climb trees
Track down falling kites
13. True or False? Amir was always bigger and tougher than Hassan and ultimately was the one that often had to get him out of trouble
True
False
14. How did Amir meet his wife?
They had a class in college together
At a peace rally they both were marching in
They had nearby vendor tents at the market they sold goods at
An arraigned marriage by Baba
15. What country invaded Afghanistan in the late 1970s, changing life there for good?
USA
Pakistan
Iran
USSR
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