Kite Runner Ch. 1-5

At the beginning of the story, Amir receives a phone call from a friend. What country is the friend calling from?

• Iran

• Afghanistan

• Pakistan

• The United States

Answer explanation

Rahim Khan calls from Pakistan

Both Amir and Hassan are missing this person family member in their household

• Their Mother

• Their Goldfish

• Their Grandfather

• Their Aunt

Answer explanation

Amir's died in childbirth and Hassan's ran away.

After the phone call, Amir reminisces about his childhood friend, Hassan. In what year does the flashback start?

• 1973

• 1975

• 1981

• 2001

What city does Amir live in?

• Paris

• New York City

• Kandahar

• Kabul

Answer explanation

Kabul is the capital city of Afghanistan

Where do Hassan and his father live?

• Next door to Amir

• In a mudhut on Amir's family's property

• A few minutes from Amir's home

• An apartment outside the city

Answer explanation

Hassan and his family are members of the servant class.

Which medical condition affects Hassan's father?

• Epilepsy

• Paralysis from a fall as a child

• Deafness

• Partial paralysis caused by polio

Answer explanation

Polio is a highly contagious virus that mainly affects children under five.

What happened to Hassan's mother?

• She was kidnapped

• She died in a farming accident

• She left to join a troupe of traveling dancers

• No one knows

Amir and Hassan bond over Amir's reading of which story?

• Aladdin

• Sohrob and Rostom

• Pinocchio

• Beauty and the Beast

What changes Afghanistan forever?

• A famine

• An earthquake

• A coup d'etat

• An invasion from Germany

How does Amir feel about the gift that Baba gives to Hassan?

• Jealous for his father's affection

• Envy for the scar that Hassan gets

• Sympathy for the pain Hassan experiences

• Happiness for Hassan

Answer explanation

"I wished I too had some kind of scar that would beget Baba's sympathy." (p. 50)