The Kite Runner Quiz Chapter 19-23

At the soccer match, what crime has the couple committed that warranted their deaths?

• adultery
• murder
• perjury
• theft

What does the orphanage director do with the money that the Taliban officer gives him?

• He buys food for the other children.
• He saves it to buy himself a visa.
• He spends it on his women.
• He uses it to repair the orphanage roof. 

Considering what the orphanage director does with the money from the Taliban and the scene when two men are haggling over an artificial leg, we can assume a THEME of: 

• Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
• Sacrifice is occasionally necessary in difficult times to ensure the majority survive.
• There is no such thing as evil during wartime.
• Look out for yourself before others. 

What is the name of the event that Assef describes in which the Taliban went door-to-door and killed Hazaras, dragging their bodies into the streets, and then leaving their bodies to be eaten by dogs?

• Kristallnacht 
• Hazara Massacre in Mazar-i-Sharif
• Daoud Khan's Pastunization
• Mount Imeon Uprising

When Amir finally faces Assef as an adult, he feels that ______ got what he/she/they deserved.

• Sohrab
• Hassan
• Assef
• Both Assef and Amir

Farid says to Amir, "You've always been a tourist here [Afghanistan], you just didn't know it." He means, 

• Amir lived a privileged life in Kabul and didn't really see how most people lived.
• Amir was a Pashtun and didn't realize how poorly the minority Hazaras were treated. 
• Amir got to take a lot of vacations with Baba. 
• Baba never let Amir see the real Afghanistan because it was dangerous to leave their neighborhood.  

Farid's attitude toward Amir changes when 

• he finds out Amir is related to Farid's friend Hassan.
• he finds out Amir has left his brother's family some money.
• he finds out Amir's real reason for coming back to Afghanistan.
• he realizes Amir will pay him to help him find Sohrab. 

The dream where Amir sees himself holding the gun that shoots Hassan probably

• is foreshadowing what might happen later in the story.
• means Amir is indirectly responsible for Hassan's death.
• shows Amir is still hopeful that he can atone for his sins. 
• shows that Amir is actually ready to stand up for something.

Amir thinks Wahid's children are looking at his watch, so he takes it off and gives it to them.  What does he realize they were actually looking at?

• His hands
• His food 
• His wedding ring
• The picture of Sohrab and Hassan

What mistake does Amir make the first time he sees the Taliban? 

• He stares at them.
• He turns his back to them.
• He points to them.
• He waves at someone across the street.