The Kite Runner

Author of The Kite Runner?

• Khaled Hosseini

• Harper Lee

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• William Shakespeare

In the Kite Runner, the word morose used in the quote, “he shirked the austere and nearly morose stance of older singers and actually smiled when he sang…” refers to...

• dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing or frightening.

• sullen and ill-tempered.

• easily annoyed or made angry.

In the Kite Runner, monarchy was used in the quote,“…the constitutional monarchy had been abolished…

• office that has been gotten through force, and a monarchy or crown is reign that is passed from one generation to another.

• a form of government with a monarch at the head.

• a political system in which laws, policies, leaders, and major state undertakings are decided directly or indirectly by the citizens.

In The Kite Runner, sociopath is referenced in the quote, “a word for which a good Farsi equivalent does not exist: sociopath,” and refers to whom?

• Amir

• Ali

• Assef

• Hassan

What did Hassan and Farzana name their son?

• Sam

• Sohrab

• Baba

• Rahim Khan

Where is Sohrab?

• waiting for Amir to adopt him

• in an orphanage in Kareh-Seh

• working for the Taliban in Kabul

• at a boarding school in Peshawar

In the Kite Runner, Amir uses the word guileless, "... what would I see if I did look into his eyes? Blame? Indignation? Or God forbid, what I feared most, guileless devotion?" To whom is he referring?

• Rahim Khan

• Baba

• Hassan

• Assef

What causes the strain between Soraya and her father?

• General Taheri feels distant from Soraya since she married Amir

• General Taheri cares more about his family's reputation than Soraya's happiness

• General Taheri believes that teaching is beneath her

• General Taheri believes that Soraya is not good enough for Amir

What does the way Soraya is treated reveal about Afghan culture?

• Women are treated like children before they are married

• Women are not expected to be able to read

• Women bring more shame to their families than men

• Women who stray from subjugation are not tolerated by society

Why did Khala Jamila (Soraya's mother) adore Amir so much?

• Because Baba had taught him to be a gentleman

• Because she did not trust that Soraya could take care of herself

• Because he relieved her of her fear that no man would ever marry Soraya

• Because he would listen to her ailments when General Sahib wouldn't