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Kite Runner Chapters 1-4

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the two major types of Muslims?
a)
Protestant and Baptist
b)
Holiness and Unitarian
c)
Sunni and Shia
d)
Episcopalian and Anglican
2.
Pashtuns, the dominant ethnic group in Afghanistan at around 50% of the population, believe that they are...
a)
Real Afghans
b)
God's chosen people
c)
Annointed
d)
Sacred
3.
What is the capital of Afghanistan, and it's also the main setting of the novel _The Kite Runner_.
a)
Caracas
b)
Brussels
c)
Kabul
d)
Mumbai
4.
What country is this?
a)
Pakistan
b)
Afghanistan
c)
India
d)
Russia
5.
What is the setting of the protagonist for when and where he is telling the story in Chapter 1
a)
Kabul, 1964
b)
Kabul, 1975
c)
San Diego, 2001
d)
San Francisco, 2001
6.
In Chapter 1, Amir briefly says where he is the day  of the event that made him who he is today. Where was he when this event occurred?
a)
on top of a roof, flying a kite
b)
at a crowed market place
c)
in his father's study
d)
behind a wall looking in an alley
7.

What is the point of view the of Kite Runner?

a)

first person as told by Amir

b)

second person as told by Hassan

c)

first person as told by Hassan

d)

third person omniscient

8.
What quality does the protagonist attribute to Hassan by saying that his face is like a Chinese doll?
a)
determination
b)
intelligence
c)
innocence
d)
royalty 
9.
Which of the following topics is not a favorite topic of Baba's, Amir's father?
a)
business
b)
literature
c)
politics
d)
soccer 
10.
Which of the following is it that Amir and Hassan DO NOT have in common?
a)
their first steps were on the lawn
b)
the same ethnicity (culture group religion)
c)
the same nationality (place of birth)
d)
the same nurse mother
11.
What is the main reason that Amir feels is the reason why his farther does not like him?
a)
Amir fears that Baba likes Hassan more than him because Hassan is more athletic
b)
Amir fears that Baba is angry with Amir because Baba's wife died delivering Amir; therefore, Amir feels that his fater believes that his wife's death is Amir's fault
c)
Amir fears that he will never be a good son in the eyes of his father because he is always up to no good with Hassan
d)
Amir fears that he and his father have little in common; Air is really interested in politics while his farther is really interested in sports
12.

Through the line "It was my past of unatoned sins" we can infer that the narrator feels ____, which will also be a theme addressed throughout the novel.

a)

angry

b)

optimistic

c)

guilty

d)

incapable

13.
Are Amir and Hassan of the same ethnic/religious group?
a)
Yes, they are both Pashtuns. 
b)
No, Amir is Pashtun and Hassan is Hazara.
c)
Yes, they are both Hazaras.
d)
No, Amir is Hazara and Hassan is Pashtun.
14.
What happened to Hassan’s mother?
a)
She ran off with a clan of travelling singers and dancers.
b)
She was renowned for her beauty.
c)
She committed suicide. 
d)
She met someone else.
15.
What is Baba´s socio-economic situation?
a)
Wealthy Businessmen
b)
Poor servants
c)
Royalty
d)
Middle-Class 
16.
Amir´s first word was ¨Baba¨; what was
Hassan´s?
a)
Ali
b)
Baba
c)
Sanaubar
d)
Amir
17.
Which animal did Baba supposedly wrestle?
a)
Lion
b)
Tiger
c)
Bear
d)
Wolf
18.
Fill in the blank for the following quote from Baba:
"There is only one sin, and that is  ____________."
a)
Abuse
b)
Theft
c)
Cheating
d)
Adultery
19.

Who speaks the following line:

"A boy won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything."

a)

Rahim Khan

b)

Baba

c)

Assef

d)

Amir

20.

Hassan is bullied for all of the following reasons except for

a)

having a cleft pallet

b)

being a farmer

c)

being a Hazara

d)

being a lower-class citizen

21.

What interrupts the narrator's thoughts after the first paragraph in the opening chapter?

a)

a phone call from Pakistan

b)

his father's excessive coughing

c)

his wife reprimanding him for his unkempt habits

d)

the intrusive sound of an ambulance passing through the neighborhood