The Kite Runner (Chapters 1-6)

Who is the narrator of the story?

• Rahim Khan
• Baba
• Amir
• Hassan

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Why does Amir struggle to embrace Hassan as a true friend?

• Hassan is a Hazara.
• Amir is older than Hassan.
• Hassan has been disloyal to Amir.
• All of the above.

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Who speaks the following line:
"A boy won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything."

• Rahim Khan
  Rahim Khan
• Baba
• Assef
• Amir

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Fill in the blank for the following quote from Baba:
"There is no act more wretched than ____________."

• Abuse
• Stealing/Theft
• Cheating
• Adultery

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Which theme is subtly introduced in the following lines?
"I would always feel guilty about it later.  So I'd try to make up for it by giving him one of my old shirts or a broken toy.  I would tell myself that was amends enough for a harmless prank."

• Tension between fathers and sons
• Forgiveness
• Social class and ethnic tensions
• Redemption

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Who writes Amir a letter complimenting him on his story, concluding with "Bravo".

• Rahim Khan
• Baba
• Hassan
• Assef

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Who does Assef idolize?

• Osama Bin Laden
• Adolf Hitler
• Joseph Stalin
• Barry Manilow

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What is Baba's gift to Hassan for his birthday?

• A new bike
• A leatherbound journal
• A new slingshot
• Surgery to repair his cleft lip

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Which literary device is Khaled Hosseini using in the final lines of Chapter 5 (below)?
"The swelling subsided, and the wound healed with time.  Soon, it was just a pink jagged line running up from his lip.  By the following winter, it was only a faint scar.  Which was ironic.  Because that was the winter that Hassan stopped smiling."

• Metaphor
• Characterization
• Foreshadowing
• Personification

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Why does Amir so desperately want to win this year's kite tournament?

• To get revenge against Assef
• To impress Rahim Khan
• To earn Baba's pride and affection
• All of the above

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