The Kite Runner Quizzes

The Kite Runner Quiz 1

By Tania Asnes · Edited by W.C. Miller · Last reviewed September 29, 2007

1 From what year does Amir narrate the story?

1975.

2002.

2007.

1996.
2 What does Rahim Khan say to Amir over the phone?

"For you, a thousand times over."

"The harelipped kite runner."

"Let's go fly a kite."

"There is a way to be good again."
3 Which of the following did Baba NOT do?

Miss Hassan's birthday.

Throw frequent dinner parties.

Neglect Amir.

Build an orphanage.
4 How did Amir's mother die?

Peacefully, in her sleep.

Of cancer.

The Taliban shot her.

In childbirth.
5 What was Amir's mother's name?

Sasa

Sohrab

Sofia

Sanaubar
6 What was Amir's mother's profession?

Novelist.

Servant.

Teacher.

Physician.
7 What key concept distinguishes Sunni and Shi'a Islam?

Praying towards Mecca.

Muhammad.

Caliphate.

Mosques.
8 According to Ali, why did Amir and Hassan have a special kinship?

They were nursed by the same woman.

They were the city's champion kite fighters.

They were half-brothers.

They both loved the story of Sohrab and Rostam.
9 How were Amir and Hassan really related?

They were both Baba's servants.

They were schoolmates.

They were half-brothers.

They were kite fighting opponents.
10 How did Sanaubar treat Hassan when he was born?

She told him stories.

She rejected him.

She read him poems.

She mourned for him.
11 How were Ali and Sanaubar related?

Cousins and fellow professors.

Cousins and Spouses.

Cousins.

Spouses.
12 The term "Hazara" describes whom of the following?

Baba.

Ali.

Rahim Khan.

Assef.
13 What does Amir call Assef in retrospect?

A true Afghan.

A sociopath.

A Hazara.

A harelipped kite runner.
14 What was Amir's first word?

"Hassan."

"Baba."

"Amir."

"Sasa."
15 What was Hassan's first word?

"Ali."

"Kite."

"Amir."

"Book."
16 How did Amir learn about Hazara history?

Baba told him.

A mullah told him.

Assef told him.

He secretly read a book.
17 What is another term for a harelip?

A cleft lip.

A warrior.

A mule's lip.

A pomegranate.
18 Baba was rumored to have done what?

Slept with Sanaubar.

Wrestled a bear.

Married twice.

Built a school.
19 What is Baba's opinion of the fundamentally religious?

He thinks they are crazy.

He thinks they should die.

He does not care one way or the other.

He thinks they are gods.
20 According to Baba, what is the greatest sin?

Drinking.

Stealing.

Lying.

Cheating.
21 For what did Amir feel Baba blamed him?

Assef's bad behavior.

Hassan's illiteracy.

The corn dying.

His mother's death.
22 As a child, Amir was talented at what?

Buzkashi.

Reciting poetry.

Fighting.

Soccer.
23 Whom did Baba see in the bleachers at the Buzkashi game?

Henry Kissinger.

Ronald Reagan.

Zahir Shah.

Mohammad Daoud.
24 Who said, "If I hadn't seen the doctor pull him out of my wife with my own eyes, I'd never believe he's my son."

Baba.

Ali.

Hassan.

Rahim Khan.
25 How did Ali become an orphan?

His parents committed suicide.

Al Qaeda killed his parents.

The Taliban killed his parents.

His parents died in an accident.

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