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What is a kite runner?
A. Someone who competes in the kite-fighting tournament
B. Someone who makes and sells kites
C. Someone who retrieves the losing kite of a kite battle
D. Someone who is exceptionally skilled at flying kites ✔️✔️C
How did Ali come into Baba's family?
A. Ali's parents were killed and Baba's father, who judged the murder trial, took him in
B. He was born to the Hazara servant of Baba's father
C. He killed a sheep belonging to Baba's family and was forced to become their servant as punishment
D. Baba and Ali had the same father ✔️✔️A
What is it that worries Baba about Amir?
A. He isn't certain who Amir's mother was
B. A boy who can't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything
C. Boys at school bully Amir
D. Amir could disappoint him by losing the kite-fighting tournament ✔️✔️B
How is Hassan's cleft lip fixed?
A. Amir uses his birthday money to pay for the surgery
B. Baba pays for the surgery as a birthday gift to Hassan
C. Hassan steals Amir's birthday money and uses it for the surgery
D. Ali steals Amir's birthday money to pay for the surgery ✔️✔️B
5. Why does Amir think Baba doesn't love him fully?
, A. Baba holds him responsible for the death of his wife (Amir's mother), who died giving birth to Amir
B. Because Amir never did well in the kite-fighting tournament
C. Baba questions whether Amir is his biological son
D. Baba prefers to fly kites with Hassan ✔️✔️A
Why doesn't Amir stop Hassan's rape?
A. He believes Hassan, who is a Hazara, deserves to learn a lesson
B. He thinks Hassan wouldn't have helped him if the roles were reversed
C. He and Hassan make eye-contact and Hassan silently tells Amir to run
D. He is afraid and also wants the blue kite, which he can only get by not interfering ✔️✔️D
What does Amir put under Hassan's mattress to frame him?
A. His favorite book and the watch Baba gave him
B. The kite Baba bought him that he used to win the kite-fighting tournament
C. Money he received for his birthday and the watch Baba gave him
D. A ski mask, a length of rope, and a handful of gold coins ✔️✔️C
Why do Baba and Amir leave Kabul?
A. One of Baba's old enemies has found Baba and wants to take revenge
B. The new president created a totalitarian dictatorship when he took power
C. The Taliban threaten to kill Baba
D. The invasion by the Russians has turned the country into a dangerous war zone ✔️✔️D
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?
A. He tells the guard that rape is a sin against God
B. He calls the guard a coward who couldn't get a woman without a gun
C. He says decency is even more important in times of war
D. He threatens to kill the guard if the guard touches the woman ✔️✔️C
What is a kite runner?
A. Someone who competes in the kite-fighting tournament
B. Someone who makes and sells kites
C. Someone who retrieves the losing kite of a kite battle
D. Someone who is exceptionally skilled at flying kites ✔️✔️C
How did Ali come into Baba's family?
A. Ali's parents were killed and Baba's father, who judged the murder trial, took him in
B. He was born to the Hazara servant of Baba's father
C. He killed a sheep belonging to Baba's family and was forced to become their servant as punishment
D. Baba and Ali had the same father ✔️✔️A
What is it that worries Baba about Amir?
A. He isn't certain who Amir's mother was
B. A boy who can't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything
C. Boys at school bully Amir
D. Amir could disappoint him by losing the kite-fighting tournament ✔️✔️B
How is Hassan's cleft lip fixed?
A. Amir uses his birthday money to pay for the surgery
B. Baba pays for the surgery as a birthday gift to Hassan
C. Hassan steals Amir's birthday money and uses it for the surgery
D. Ali steals Amir's birthday money to pay for the surgery ✔️✔️B
5. Why does Amir think Baba doesn't love him fully?
, A. Baba holds him responsible for the death of his wife (Amir's mother), who died giving birth to Amir
B. Because Amir never did well in the kite-fighting tournament
C. Baba questions whether Amir is his biological son
D. Baba prefers to fly kites with Hassan ✔️✔️A
Why doesn't Amir stop Hassan's rape?
A. He believes Hassan, who is a Hazara, deserves to learn a lesson
B. He thinks Hassan wouldn't have helped him if the roles were reversed
C. He and Hassan make eye-contact and Hassan silently tells Amir to run
D. He is afraid and also wants the blue kite, which he can only get by not interfering ✔️✔️D
What does Amir put under Hassan's mattress to frame him?
A. His favorite book and the watch Baba gave him
B. The kite Baba bought him that he used to win the kite-fighting tournament
C. Money he received for his birthday and the watch Baba gave him
D. A ski mask, a length of rope, and a handful of gold coins ✔️✔️C
Why do Baba and Amir leave Kabul?
A. One of Baba's old enemies has found Baba and wants to take revenge
B. The new president created a totalitarian dictatorship when he took power
C. The Taliban threaten to kill Baba
D. The invasion by the Russians has turned the country into a dangerous war zone ✔️✔️D
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?
A. He tells the guard that rape is a sin against God
B. He calls the guard a coward who couldn't get a woman without a gun
C. He says decency is even more important in times of war
D. He threatens to kill the guard if the guard touches the woman ✔️✔️C
